Career
1988–1993: Debut, breakthrough and setbacks
Salman Khan made his on-screen debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the successful film Biwi Ho To Aisi, which had Rekha in the lead role.[38][39] The following year, he played the main lead in Sooraj Barjatya's romantic musical Maine Pyar Kiya opposite Bhagyashree.[40] The film backed up with chartbuster music went on to become an All Time Blockbuster at the box office and made Khan a star.[41] It also won him Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.[42]
He began the new decade with Deepak Shivdasani's action drama film Baaghi: A Rebel for Love (1990), which he also wrote.[43] Baaghi opened to positive critical reception and was a box office hit.[44] Khan's dream run continued in 1991 with two of his films, Sanam Bewafa and Saajan emerging blockbusters and their soundtracks proving to be two of the best-selling Hindi film albums of that year.[45][46] His other releases of the year, Kurbaan and Patthar Ke Phool also performed well commercially and proved to be major commercial successes.[45] Khan followed it with a downturn as all of his films for the next two years, including biggies Jaagruti (1992) and Chandra Mukhi (1993) were critical and commercial failures.