Mumbai, March 22 -- Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is also known as 'Prem' in the industry. The reason behind this is that he has played the character named Prem in many films. Salman Khan first played the character of Prem in the 1989 film 'Maine Pyar Kiya'. The director of this film was Sooraj Barjatya. Recently during a conversation, Sooraj Barjatya told that when he saw Salman Khan for the first time, he was not impressed by him and did not even think of taking him as a hero in the film.

In an interview, Sooraj Barjatya recalled Salman Khan's early days and said, "At first I did not understand how Salim Khan's son would work with us?" He also said that Salman Khan was thinking of rejecting the film offer first, because he was not in...