Salman Khan has returned -- and how! He's silenced all his critics with Tere Naam, a film that didn't deserve to but has become huge a hit . Salman's popularity, which was being questioned after his notorious escapades , is obviously still intact. The film's unprecedented success has surprised even Salman himself and for the time , he even had a party to celebrate the record breaking opening that the film got. The controversial superstar was all defenses down recently when he gave an interview to a TV channel . For the first time ever , he even commented on Vivek Oberoi. "I call him little Vivek", he chided. Incidentally, here's something we heard about Salman from extremely 'reliable' source and we must share that with you . When Vivek was hospitalized recently, Salman actually prayed for his recovery and not only that, he even told all his friends to pray for him. Hard to believe? But that's exactly what the main is all about. Unpredictable and carefree -- bit always absolutely cool.
Mahesh Bhatt's Raaz set the box office at fire. This Dino Morea-Bipasha Basu starrer was watched everywhere, making rarity at a time when everyone cynical forecasters of doom were wrighting bollywood's sepitaph every week. The successes of national blockbusters like a Hum Saath - Saath Hain [nett gross rs. 42 crore ], Biwi No.1 [nett gross rs. 29 crore] (1999) and or a Kaho Naa... Pyar Hai [nett gross rs. 45 crore] (2000) appear like celluloid dreams today. In 2001, Gadar Ek Prem Katha [nett gross rs. 76 crore] was the only universal blockbuster hit. But even the critically acclaimed Lagaan [nett gross rs. 28 crore] failed to be strong in centres like Punjab and Bihar, although it did remarkably in many other centres: and overseas of course. In 2002, the solitary universal hit was Raaz [nett gross rs.25 crore] although there were other films which made a mark in the commercial mart: say Style which Adarsh points out did "pretty well without being a major hit" and M...

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