{"id":919443,"date":"2026-10-03T19:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919443\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:58:10","slug":"salman-khan-was-thrown-out-of-school-for-not-paying-fees-earned-rs-75-as-a-background-dancer-at-the-age-of-14-now-has-a-net-worth-of-rs-3000-crore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919443\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Khan was thrown out of school for not paying fees, earned Rs 75 as a background dancer at the age of 14, now has a net worth of Rs 3000 crore |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Salman Salman Khan may today be among India\u2019s richest actors, but his journey to superstardom came from a family that once faced financial difficulties. The M3M Hurun India Rich List 2026 has estimated Salman\u2019s wealth at Rs 3,000 crore. Shah Rukh Khan tops the list of wealthy Indian actors with an estimated Rs 10,000 crore, while Amitabh Bachchan follows with Rs 4,000 crore.However, long before Salman became one of Bollywood\u2019s biggest names, his family struggled to pay his school fees on time. The actor once recalled an incident from his childhood when he was asked to stand outside his classroom because his fees had not been paid.Appearing on Kajol and Twinkle Khanna\u2019s talk show \u2018Two Much\u2019, Salman said he was frequently punished at school because of his mischievous behaviour. But on one particular occasion, he was sent out of the classroom for a reason that had nothing to do with his conduct.\u201cI was punished outside, and my father (Salim Khan) asked, \u2018What has he done now?\u2019 I was in grade four. My dad spoke to the teacher, and she said, \u2018No Mr Khan, it is not his fault, it\u2019s your fault.\u2019 He asked, \u2018What did I do?\u2019 She said, \u2018Your fees, which you were supposed to pay, are not on time, so we kept him outside.\u2019 Then he said, \u2018Then you should be making me stand there.\u2019 After this, my father went to the principal, did whatever he could to pay the money, but two weeks later, this incident happened again and they took me out of school.\u201dAamir Khan, who was also present during the conversation and had briefly attended the same school, said he too had experienced a similar situation because of delayed fee payments.\u201cYes, I do remember my parents couldn\u2019t pay fees on time either, and then they would announce our names in the assembly,\u201d he said.Financial difficulties were not unfamiliar to Salman\u2019s father, veteran screenwriter Salim Khan. When he arrived in Mumbai in the 1960s, Salim was struggling to establish himself as an actor. In the documentary series \u2018Angry Young Men\u2019, which traces the careers and lives of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, he recalled staying in a guesthouse around Marine Drive and paying Rs 55 a month for half a room.\u201cMy first ambition was to rent the entire room for Rs 110, but that wish was never fulfilled,\u201d he recalled.Salim initially hoped to make a career as an actor before eventually moving towards screenwriting in the late 1960s. His partnership with Javed Akhtar went on to produce some of Hindi cinema\u2019s most influential films, including \u2018Zanjeer\u2019, \u2018Sholay\u2019 and \u2018Deewaar\u2019. The duo, popularly known as Salim-Javed, also became among the highest-paid screenwriters of their time.Salman\u2019s own journey in the film industry was far from an overnight success. Before becoming an actor, he worked as an assistant director on Shashilal K Nair\u2019s \u2018Falak\u2019. He made his acting debut with a supporting role in \u2018Biwi Ho To Aisi\u2019 in 1988.His career changed with Sooraj Barjatya\u2019s \u2018Maine Pyaar Kiya\u2019, which released in 1989 and established him as a leading man. Yet, despite the film becoming a blockbuster, Salman has revealed that he struggled to find work immediately afterwards.\u201cI did not get any work for four or five months after Maine Pyaar Kiya came out. I thought I would not even get any work because Bhagyashree decided that she would get married and quit films,\u201d he said on \u2018Aap Ki Adalat\u2019.Salman has previously recalled that Bhagyashree was being credited heavily for the film\u2019s success at the time, which added to the uncertainty surrounding his own next project.Salim Khan eventually stepped in and asked producer GP Sippy to announce that Salman had been signed for a film. After the announcement appeared in a trade magazine, offers reportedly started coming in for the young actor.Salman received Rs 31,000 for his debut film. His remuneration was later increased to Rs 75,000 after the makers appreciated his commitment and hard work.Interestingly, Salman has also recalled earning just Rs 75 as a background dancer at the age of 14. During the \u2018Two Much\u2019 conversation, he revealed that the amount was what he was paid after performing at an event at Mumbai\u2019s Taj Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salman Khan may today be among India\u2019s richest actors, but his journey to superstardom came from a family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[316680,316678,49,48,75,316682,316676,337,316677,316679,316674,316675,316681,316673],"class_list":["post-919443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-aamir-khan-school-fees","tag-bollywood-actors-wealth-ranking","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-m3m-hurun","tag-maine-pyaar-kiya-success-story","tag-movies","tag-salim-khan-background","tag-salman-khan-career-journey","tag-salman-khan-childhood-story","tag-salman-khan-fees-school-incident","tag-salman-khan-first-paycheck","tag-salman-khan-net-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919443","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=919443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}