Anurag Kashyap says he was fired as director from Tere Naam as he wanted Salman Khan to grow chest hair

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said that he was fired from the Salman Khan-starrer Tere Naam (2003) and replaced by Satish Kaushik as the director for asking Salman to not wax his chest.

Anurag Kashyap, whose latest film Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat was released this month, spoke about Salman Khan and being fired from the actor's 2003 film Tere Naam. In a recent interview, Anurag recalled why he was fired as a director from Tere Naam after he had written the film, which was ultimately directed by Satish Kaushik. Anurag said that he wanted Salman to not shave his chest as his Tere Naam character, Radhe, hailed from Uttar Pradesh, 'where men don't wax their chest'.

Anurag Kashyap revealed why he was fired from Salman Khan's Tere Naam.

Despite being thrown out of the film after Salman and the makers refusing to give in to Anurag Kashyap's demand that the actor should not wax his chest during the shoot, Anurag said he admired Salman's films such as Sultan, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Dabangg. In fact, Dabangg (2010), in which Salman played an unconventional cop, was directed by Anurag's brother Abhinav Kashyap.

Recently, Anurag said in an interview to Unfiltered By Samdish, “I was thrown out of a film because I asked the hero to not wax his chest." When he was asked which film, Anurag said, “Tere Naam”. He further narrated why he asked Salman to grow chest hair, and said, "Arrey Agra-Mathura ki film thi, wahan aise thoda hee hota hai (the film was based in Agra-Mathura, where men don't wax their chest)."

In a 2022 interview with The Indian Express, director Satish Kaushik had spoken about a remake of Tere Naam and compared Kabir Singh (2019) to it. He had said, “We’ll definitely need to adapt with the times. Making the same film and getting the same performance out of Salman will be difficult. Salman always said the film is good and will definitely work. But the character gives the wrong message in it. There was a debate on Kabir Singh too. Kabir Singh was an adapted copy of Tere Naam."