Overview

• Abhinav Kashyap alleges Salman Khan refused to perform a scene touching Om Puri’s feet during Dabangg and pushed repeated rewrites.
• He recounts that Om Puri confronted Khan and briefly walked away after being told to leave, then returned to the film at Kashyap’s request.
• Kashyap says the film’s runtime was cut from about 2 hours 45 minutes to roughly 2 hours 20 minutes under pressure tied to other actors’ roles.
• He claims Arbaaz Khan’s role was removed and Mahie Gill’s part was largely trimmed, and he publicly apologized to Gill for the outcome.
• The remarks, drawn from a Bollywood Thikana interview and reported by Indian Express, News18 and WION on Oct. 19, are presented as allegations without independent corroboration or a stated rebuttal from Khan.