By: Entertainment DeskMumbai | September 28, 2025 11:24 AM IST 4 min readBigg Boss 19 host Salman Khan recently hit back at Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap, who levelled accusations against the actor and his family in recent interviews. It began when Abhinav, in an exclusive conversation with SCREEN, called Salman a “goon” and described his family as “vindictive”. He later raised further claims on a podcast. Now, Salman has indirectly addressed these allegations in the latest Weekend Ka Vaar episode of Bigg Boss 19.During Tanya Mittal’s birthday celebration, she shared with Salman that she had fought with her family before moving to Mumbai. Since then, she has often felt scared and expressed her hope to have a supportive family. She then asked Salman if he could be that family for her, to which Salman responded, “These days, the condition I am in, everyone who gets attached to me and everyone who had attached with me is getting in trouble.”Also Read: ‘Salman Khan has been uninterested in acting for last 25 years; he’s a gunda’: Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap calls Khan family ‘vindictive’Latest:- Bhaijaan exposes the double standards & hypocrisy of #AbhinavKashyap on #BiggBoss19 WKV“Baithe baithe log kuch bhi and sand bol rhe jinse mera talluk raha hai, ab podcast me aake utpatang bate karte hai isliye karte hai kyunki unke paas koi kaam ni hai”- #SalmanKhan pic.twitter.com/xHr5n6RSLT— 퐆퐮퐥퐚퐛 퐀퐧퐬퐚퐫퐢 (@Only_4Salman) September 27, 2025Later, Salman Khan took an indirect dig at Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap and said, “People are just sitting and making any sort of claims. We have been associated and they have praised me also a lot in the past. Now they don’t quite like me anymore; they come on podcasts and waste so much time and say all made-up things, which are all lies. They do it because they have no work. So I urge them and all others to do some work.”Salman added, “There is nothing better than work. No matter how you are feeling, what you are going through, you have to get up, take a shower, and land up at a job.”Also Read | ‘Salman Khan is a proven criminal, he had the image of a chhichhora and mawaali’: Dabangg director Abhinav Kashyap doubles down against Khan familyEarlier, in an interview with SCREEN, Abhinav Kashyap had slammed Salman Khan and his family. He said, “Salman is not even interested in acting, and he hasn’t been since the last 25 years. He does a favour by turning up to work. He is more into the power of being a celebrity, but he is not interested in acting. He is a gunda (goon). I was not aware of this before Dabangg. Salman badtameez hai, ganda insaan hai (Salman is ill-mannered, he is a bad person).” View this post on Instagram A post shared by JioHotstar Reality (@jiohotstarreality) Abhinav also called Salman Khan’s family “vindictive”. He said, “Salman is the father of the star system in Bollywood. He is from a film family that has been in the industry for 50 years. He continues the process. They are vindictive people. They control the whole process. If you don’t agree with them, they come after you.”After directing Dabangg in 2010, Abhinav Kashyap had a major fallout with Salman Khan and his family. In another interview, Abhinav alleged that Salman is a “proven criminal” and claimed he had received multiple threat calls for speaking against the actor and his family.Click here to follow Screen Digital on YouTube and stay updated with the latest from the world of cinema.© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd