Palak Tiwari Clarifies Salman Khan’s ‘Girls Should Be Covered’ Rule, Says ‘It’s Really Been Misunderstood…’

Recently, Palak made the headlines after she said that Salman Khan had a rule against women wearing low necklines on film sets. She had assisted Salman in his film Antim. In an interview, recalling working with Salman, she revealed Salman had a dress code for how women should dress on his film’s set. Netizens took to social media to put forward their opinions regarding this “dress code” and Palak feels that her words have been misunderstood.

Palak Tiwari revealed that Salman Khan had a specific dress code for women on his set

In a recent interview with Siddharth Kanan, Palak opened up about how Salman Khan had a dress code for women which all the females working on the set should abide by. She said that her mother was particularly shocked when she saw her going to the set.

She said,

“When I was AD-ing with Salman sir on Antim, I don’t think many people know this, Salman Sir had a rule ‘Ki koi bhi ladki mere set pe, neckline should be here (for every girl on my set, the neckline should be here), all the girls should be covered, like good proper girls”

Palak added,

So my mom saw me (going to set) in proper shirt, jogger and covered and all. She was like, ‘Where are you going? How are you dressed so well?’ I said I am going to Salman Sir’s set. She was like ‘Wow, very good’

When she was asked why such rules only existed for women in the set, Palak said about Salman,

“He’s a traditionalist… Of course, he’s like ‘Jo pehenna hai pehno (wear what you like)’, but he’s always like ‘My girls should always be protected’. If there are men around, whom she doesn’t personally know, it’s not his personal space where he doesn’t trust everyone, he’s like, ‘the girl should be safe, always’”

Palak issued a statement saying she has been misunderstood

Feeling that her words have been misinterpreted, Palak in her latest statement said,

“It’s really been misunderstood. All I wanted to say is that I have put certain guidelines for myself as to how to dress around people who are way senior to me, who have I pretty much grown up idolising. Salman sir is of course one of them”

Palak is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Salman Khan’s upcoming film Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan. Directed by Farhad Samji, they will been alongside other notable artists such as Venkatesh Daggubati, Jagapathi Babu, Shehnaaz Gill, Palak Tiwari, Vijender Singh, Raghav Juyal, Jassie Gill, Bhumika Chawla, and Siddharth Nigam. It also marks Shehnaaz’s entry into Bollywood.