Mumbai Dec 27 PTI Superstar Salman Khan on Monday said he was bitten by a non-venomous snake thrice and was fortunate that the incident was not alarming even though his family and friends were worried for his healthSalman Khan was bitten by the snake at his farmhouse near Panvel in the adjoining Raigad district The actor was then taken to a hospital at Kamothe in Navi Mumbai and was discharged on Sunday morningSalman Khan was back to his farmhouse where he celebrated his 56th birthday on Monday with close friends and familyTalking to the media in the early hours of Monday the actor said the snake had entered one of the rooms of his Arpita farmhouse -- named after his sister -- and he had gone to rescue it when the incident happenedSalman Khan said he also spoke to his worried father veteran screenwriter Salim Khan after the incident and assured him that both Tiger and snake were doing fine referring to his character of Tiger a spy in the blockbuster films Ek Tha Tiger and Tiger Zinda HaiWhen my dad came to know about this incident he called to ask if the snake was fine and alive So I told him Tiger and the snake both are alive He asked if we hurt the snake I said we didnt we handled it with utmost care and love and left it in the jungle he told reportersThe Bollywood star said the children were scared when the snake entered the room following which he went in to take stock of the situationI asked for a stick The stick that came was a small one so I asked for a longer stick Then I picked up the snake with a lot of love and brought it out the snake wrapped itself on the stick and then it started climbing the stick upwards and it came quite close to my handSo I caught it with my other hand and dropped the stick to be able to leave the snake in the jungle The locals know what snakes come around this was a Kandhari snake So they started screaming Kandhari Kandhari Kandhari thats when the snake bit me once Then there was more chaos and thats when the snake bit me again There was a lot of commotion people said hospital hospital that it was venomous and it bit me again Salman Khan explainedThe Bharat star said he was then rushed to the hospital where he got to know that the snake was not poisonous At the hospital Salman Khan was given an anti-venom shot and was kept under observation for six hoursOn his return to the farmhouse the actor said the snake was still there Khan quipped that he let the snake out in the jungle before clicking a picture with itMy sister was quite scared with the whole incident but I made friends with the snake and got a picture clicked with it before leaving it in the jungle It must have also bit me because it was scaredIt was good that this hospital was well equipped they had an anti-venom for all kinds of snake bites Our commissioner of police Navi Mumbai Bipin Kumar sir our MLA Sandeep Naik all rushed to the hospital too and it helped a lot he addedSalman Khan was recently seen on the big screen in Antim The Final Truth which released last monthHe is also seen as the host of the Colors TV reality show Bigg Boss and has the third installment of his film Tiger 3 tentatively scheduled for a release next year PTI JUR RDS RDS RDS

Mumbai Dec 26 PTI Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan on Sunday was discharged from a hospital after he was bitten by a non-venomous snake at his farmhouse near Panvel in adjoining Raigad district sources saidAccording to sources the snake bit Khans hand on Saturday night following which he was taken to a hospital at Kamothe in Navi MumbaiThe actor was discharged on Sunday morningSalman was bitten last night and taken to a hospital He was discharged after six hours He is back home and well sources close to the actor saidKhan is back to his Panvel farmhouse where he will be ringing in his 56th birthday on MondayHe was recently seen on the big screen in Antim The Final Truth which released last month PTI ZA JUR VT RDS RDS

Mumbai Dec 22 PTI Antim The Final Truth is set to premiere on ZEE5 on December 24 a month after its theatrical release the streamer announced WednesdayThe action thriller an adaptation of the Marathi movie Mulshi Pattern features Salman Khan and Aayush SharmaDirected by Mahesh Manjrekar the movie released in cinema houses on November 26Produced by Salman Khan Films and distributed by Zee Studios Antim reportedly earned over Rs 58 croreIn a statement a spokesperson for Salman Khan Films said the team is looking forward to the digital release of the film on ZEE5The audience gave an overwhelming response to the theatrical release of Antim The Final Truth We arehappy that they can now watch the film at their convenience and post the success of Radhe what better platform than ZEE5 to premiere it the spokesperson saidAntim narrates the story of two individuals with differing ideologies who belong to two divergent worlds leading to a nail-biting finaleManish Kalra Chief Business Officer ZEE5 India said they are thrilled to once again team up with Khan post their previous two movies -- Radhe and Kaagaz which the actor producedWe at ZEE5 are focused on curating and creating good quality content to entertain the audience and bringing their favourite stars to their screens It gives us great pleasure to associate with Salman Khan and Salman Khan Films once again after the tremendous success of Kaagaz and Radhe on ZEE5We are proud to not only present Antim The Final Truth to fans just before their most loved actors birthday We are eagerly looking forward to the premiere and hope that all Salman Khan fans cherish this birthday gift Kalra saidIt was heart-warming to see the response the film received in theatres after a long time now as the film hits ZEE5 we are glad that it would reach a wider audience added Sharmas spokespersonAntim also stars Mahima Makwana PTI KKP RDS RDS

New Delhi Nov 30 PTI A 40-year-old man was arrested for attacking another person with a knife allegedly when the victim refused to buy him a ticket for Salman Khan-starrer Antim The Final Truth police said on Tuesday The accused Syed Jiyauddin is a resident of Chandni Mahal and previously involved in 27 cases He used to rob people by threatening or attacking them with multi-purpose knife they said Police said that being a fan of Hindi films the accused wanted to watch a movie show at a cinema hall here But having no money he approached the victim with a knife to arrange a ticket for him According to police the incident took place on November 28 with Ajay who had come to watch a movie At about 715 pm while he was standing outside the cinema hall the accused came near him and asked him to get a ticket for the movie When the victim resisted the accused attacked him with a knife and robbed him of his wallet containing Rs 1790 along with essential IDs The injured man was sent to a nearby hospital for treatment and on inquiry and based on his complaint a case was registered in Central Delhis Daryaganj said Shweta Chauhan Deputy Commissioner of Police Central The accused was arrested the same day by a patrolling team on duty near the cinema hall and spotted the injured man and another man raising an alarm she said The weapon of offence was recovered along with the victims wallet she added During interrogation Jiyauddin disclosed that he had recently been released from Tihar Jail after serving five years imprisonment in a 2016 robbery case He is addicted to smack and had no money to fund his addiction so he arranged a multi-utility knife to rob people the DCP said PTI AMP CK

Mumbai Nov 30 PTI Bollywood superstar Salman Khan says Beyond the Star a forthcoming docu-series on his life and career will present an honest and fun account about him as a person off cameraThe project will trace the journey of the 55-year-old actor his superstardom his equation with people in the film industry controversies among other things and will be narrated by his family friends co-stars directors producers and media peopleKhan said it was his friend Romanian actor-model Iulia Vantur who came up with the idea of making a docu-series to encapsulate his journey of 33 years in the moviesMy docu series is Beyond the Star Iulia had thought of it and I felt it was a good concept Whoever I have worked with staff friends co-stars directors producers will talk about how I was earlier and how I am nowShe narrated it to Andre Timmins Wiz Films and he took it to Applause Entertainment and they finalised this It is a very good project the actor told PTI in an interviewThe docuseries directed by Viraf Sarkari will also talk about all the people who have helped Khan become the star he isKhan also informed he was supposed to work on Beyond the Star after completing work on his films but ended up doing it first The docu-series went on floors in OctoberEveryone has come in to talk people have come and spoken honest things people who didnt like things have also spoken and those who liked have also spoken So the entire journey has been in a way captured It is as honest as possible And it is fun Khan who has 433 million followers on Twitter and 472 million on Instagram continues to be one of the most popular 1990s stars albeit controversial with an almost cult-like fan followingHe is also an entrepreneur and a humanitarian who has extended support both financial and other to colleagues and common people through his charitable trust Being Human Foundation that helps the needy in various services from education to healthcareIt is a manufacturing defect and it comes from parents and their parents even my brothers are like that the actor quipped when asked to comment about his support to various causesEvery day is a learning Khan said reminiscing the lessons life has taught him unknowinglyAnd God always gives you two options good and bad I feel once you are dead and gone you should tell your children to follow this man or be like him It is about teaching the right thing to do he addedBeyond the Star will be co-produced by Khan Wiz Films and Applause EntertainmentA documentary on Hindi cinemas most celebrated screenwriter duo Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar is also in the worksTitled Angry Young Men the documentary will be produced by the writers children Khan and actor-producer Farhan Akhtar and filmmaker Zoya AkhtarKhan is currently busy promoting his latest release Antim The Final Truth He also hosts popular reality show Bigg Boss on the weekendOn the movie front Khan has Yash Raj Films third installment of Tiger series in the works The spy thriller directed by Maneesh Sharma will see Khan and co-actor Katrina Kaif reprise their roles of RAW agent Tiger and ISI agent ZoyaThe actor also confirmed about playing Indian spy agent Ravindra Kaushik in a film which will be co-produced by his sister Alvira Khan Agnihotri and his brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri PTI KKP RDS BK BK