Salman Khan took loan to buy Salim Khan a Rs 9 lakh Rolex: ‘He said, do you think you’re some king?’ | Bollywood News
4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: May 16, 2026 08:14 PM IST Salman Khan has often spoken about how deeply attached he is to his family, especially his parents. Despite decades of superstardom, the actor continues to live with them at Mumbai’s iconic Galaxy Apartments and is known for putting family above everything else. Even the first expensive thing Salman ever bought after entering films was not for himself, but for his father, veteran screenwriter Salim Khan. In a recent interview with Variety India, Salman revealed that he once took a loan to buy a Rolex watch for his father because he could not afford it at the time. Salman recalled the story behind the gift and how his father reacted when he first received it. “The first expensive thing I bought was a Rolex watch for my father, which, when I started wearing watches again, he gave me to wear. When I got the watch, I didn’t have the money for it, but I liked it for my father. At that point in time, it cost …

