Salman makes designer watches to save money on gifting

Salman Khan has found a method of beating his expensive habit of gifting watches.

Mumbai, June 30: Bollywood star Salman Khan, who has given watches worth as much as Rs 50 crore to his friends and family, has found a method of beating his expensive gifting habit. On his mother`s advice, he has asked his charity foundation Being Human to manufacture inhouse designer watches. And the first proud recipient of the Being Human designer-watch was actor Aseem Merchant, Salman`s co-star in Boney Kapoor`s "Wanted".

"He gave me his the first Being Human watch. It`s awesome. Its look and movement are as slick as the super-exclusive Swiss Breitling watches," Aseem said. "You`re right. He did say his mom advised him to find a way of cutting down costs on his watch-gifting habit. He gave me the watch and said, `Your time begins now.`," he added. Apart from the watch, Aseem also received a Being Human shirt from Salman. "He made me strip in front of him and try on the shirt. I really don`t want to talk about his generous nature. But I`ve been shooting with him for a year and Salman`s generosity is unbelievable," said Aseem. Salman also gifted Aseem a role in his brother Arbaaz Khan`s first production which will star Salman and Shatrughan Sinha`s daughter Sonakshi, to be directed by Abhinav Kashyap. "And since I play the main antagonist with Salman in `Wanted`, he said he wanted me to do a positive role in Arbaaz`s production," said Aseem. Ironically, the real-life buddies are at each other`s throat throughout "Wanted". "And it`s not the choreographed, synchronized action movements we see in our films. Salman and I have real basic fist to fist street fights composed by a stunt director called Vijay from the South. Salman and I were fighting on the sets and drinking together once the camera was switched off," said Aseem. IANS