Ashneer Grover Opens Up About 3-Hour Chat With Salman Khan & Why He Was Refused A Selfie

When Shark Tank India Season 1 was aired on Sony TV channel, from the judge’s panel Ashneer Grover grabbed attention with his no-nonsense attitude and epic one-liners. He also faced criticism due to his occasional rude behavior towards the contestants.

In the latest installment of the show, Shark Tank India season 2, Ashneer Grover will not be a part of the judges’ panel. He recently revealed that he has no regrets that he couldn’t be a part of the second season. But the man sure knows how to stay in limelight. He is making headlines with his off-screen antics.

In a recent podcast, Ashneer talked about meeting Bollywood actor Salman Khan for a sponsorship shoot and that he chatted with him for 3 long hours

Speaking on the Vagehra Vagehra podcast, Ashneer revealed that he was instructed not to take any pictures with Salman by the actor’s manager. He said that the manager said that taking pictures with Bhai will offend him. Ashneer also said he let that pass and didn’t insist on clicking a picture with him after that. Later, he mentioned that the superstar spoke about the reason behind the failure of his film Tubelight.

He said on the podcast,

“Usko humne sponsor rakha tha, uske shoot ke liye mila tha, usko brief karne ke liye company ke baare mein. Teen ghante baitha tha uske saath, uske manager ne bol diya photo nahi khichwani, sir thoda bura maan jaate hain. Maine bola nahi khichwaunga photo, bhaad mein jaa tu, aisi kaunsi heropanti hogayi (We wanted him to endorse our brand, so I met him for the ad shoot and sat with him for three hours. His manager told me that I couldn’t get a picture with him because he might get irritated, and I thought, ‘Fine, he can go to hell)…’”

Ashneer called Salman a smart businessman and praised him.

He said,

“But banda smart hai. Logon ko lagta hai ke hawa mein hai, banda genuinely smart hai, usko business samajhta hai, usko branding samajhti hai, usko apni image clear hai. Jab hum ad bana rahe the, usne clear bol diya tha ke mujhe larger than life hi dikhana kyunki maine picture banayi thi Tubelight, woh pit gayi kyunki mujhe usme mandbuddhi dikha diya. Mujhe laga sahi banda hai, yeh sab cheezon ki realisation hai (He’s a smart guy. People might think he’s aloof, but he understands his image. The only thing he told us was to show him as larger than life, because his film Tubelight, in which he played a simpleton, had recently flopped).”

The former co-founder of BharatPe not only narrated the incident where he worked with Salman but also revealed that he did business with Virat Kohli.

Ashneer is presently busy promoting his book Doglapan: The Hard Truth about Life and Start-Ups.

Meanwhile, when asked about not being a part of Shark Tank India Season 2, Ashneer opened up that he knows he dominated season 1 of the show and he would have done the same in the new season as well. Ashneer has been replaced by the CEO, and co-founder of CarDekho Amit Jain, in the latest season.