{"id":68217,"date":"2025-08-14T05:11:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/68217\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T05:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T05:11:10","slug":"zeeshan-ayyub-recalls-slapping-salman-khan-in-tubelight-my-heart-was-racing-thought-my-career-might-end-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/68217\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeeshan Ayyub recalls slapping Salman Khan in Tubelight: \u2018My heart was racing, thought my career might end\u2019 | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/123290391.jpg\" alt=\"Zeeshan Ayyub recalls slapping Salman Khan in Tubelight: \u2018My heart was racing, thought my career might end\u2019\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Zeeshan Ayyub, who was last seen in the latest season of Criminal Justice: A Family Matter alongside Pankaj Tripathi, Surveen Chawla and Asha Negi, recently opened up about filming a high-pressure scene with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/salman-khan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salman Khan<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kabir-khan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kabir Khan<\/a>\u2019s 2017 film Tubelight. Speaking to Digital Commentary, Zeeshan revealed that his very first scene on set in Manali involved slapping Salman Khan\u2019s character, a daunting task for any actor, especially on day one.\u201cThe first scene was on a small bridge over a river,\u201d Zeeshan recalled. \u201cI stop him, slap him, and he falls into the water. Meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/salman\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salman<\/a> Sir for the first time, with that as my opening shot, was intense.\u201dA moment to rememberInitially, a master shot was filmed using a body double, but the real challenge came when the close-up had to be taken with Salman himself. \u201cI was worried \u2014 too far, and it would look fake; too close, and I risked upsetting him. I raised my hand from a distance, but Salman Sir said, \u2018Do it again, from closer.\u2019 My heart was racing,\u201d Zeeshan shared.<\/p>\n<p>Mic On Hai Episode: Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub gives the scoop!<\/p>\n<p>Salman encouraged him further, saying, \u201cBring it so close that my hair moves with the wind \u2014 don\u2019t worry.\u201d The Raanjhanaa actor admitted he feared the slap could end his career, but ultimately, the moment became one of his proudest.\u201cWith all my experience, I did it right, and his hair moved exactly as intended. After the shot, Salman Sir calmly said, \u2018You did well.\u2019 That warmth and support made the whole experience unforgettable,\u201d Zeeshan said, adding that even if his career had ended that day, he would have been content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zeeshan Ayyub, who was last seen in the latest season of Criminal Justice: A Family Matter alongside Pankaj&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,29081,43079,75,23003,337,3223,3216,43077,43078,43076],"class_list":["post-68217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-criminal-justice","tag-criminal-justice-a-family-matter","tag-entertainment","tag-kabir-khan","tag-movies","tag-salman","tag-salman-khan","tag-slapping-salman-khan","tag-tubelight-movie","tag-zeeshan-ayyub"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}