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PICS: Seven actresses whom Salman Khan launched in Bollywood

  • Salman Khan's tweet 'Mujhe ladki mil gayi'' sent Twitterati into a frenzy. After a lot of speculations from fans, Salman finally revealed that he got the actress for his home production Loveratri, which marks the debut of Salman's brother-in-law Aayush Sharma. Salman is considered launching pad of Bollywood. So, let's have a look at those actresses whom Salman launched.

  • The first and foremost is none other than Katrina Kaif. She is undoubtedly closest to Salman. After making her debut with Boom which tanked at Box-office, Katrina did her second film 'Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?' with Salman which lifted her career.

  • After working as an assistant to choreographer Ganesh Acharya for 10 years, Daisy Shah grabbed the eyeballs of superstar Salman Khan. Salman took the charge of launching her in Bollywood with his 2014 film Jai Ho.

  • Zareen Khan, who earlier came into limelight for her striking resemblance to Katrina Kaif made her Bollywood debut with 2010 film Veer, starring none other than Salman Khan.

  • When launched, Sneha Ullal was called lookalike of Aishwarya Rai. Ullal made her movie debut with 2005 film Lucky: No Time for Love with Salman.

  • Sonakshi Sinha made her acting debut with Salman Khan starrer 2010 action-drama Dabangg. She also bagged Filmfare Award for it.

  • It was Salman Khan who launched Bhoomika Chawla in Bollywood, who was already a known face down south. Her first Hindi film was 2003 film Tere Naam which was one of the year's highest grossers.

  • Suniel Shetty's daughter Athiya Shetty stepped into Bollywood with Salman Khan's home production Hero. Athiya received Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for her role.

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