Somy Ali Reveals Salman Received ‘Underworld’ Call on His Landline

In the late 90s, while she was dating Salman Khan, the ex-girlfriend of the superstar spoke out about a sensational incident, an incident of a threatening call from the Underworld to the superstar.

Here, in an exclusive interaction with IANS, Somy Ali reminisced over her days with Salman Khan, tryst with Bollywood, Dawood Ibrahim of the Underworld, and much more.

Asked if during her relationship with Salman in the 1990s, when Dawood Ibrahim's ties to Bollywood were rampant, did she witness or hear any discussions about the don and his connections with the film industry, Somy replied, "I heard multiple conversations about him, but nobody took Dawood's name directly, nor did anyone speak about Chota Shakeel. People used to call them the Underworld."

I never thought of Divya as my sister, but now I think of her that way. She used to stay at my home when she came to Bangalore to shoot for 'Andolan'. She was so close to me during those days. I asked her what Underworld was, and she said, "Do you know what is mafia?" I said yes, "There is this Italian mafia in America". She said, "Underworld and mafia are synonymous."

Somy recalls a threat call to Salman Khan on their landline.

"I stayed with Salman at his Galaxy apartment for three years," she recalled and added, "Once, I got a call on our bedroom's landline. The person on the other side threatened to abduct me, saying, 'Salman ko bol dena, Somy Ali ko hum utha kar le jayenge (Tell Salman that we will abduct Somy Ali).

When I told Salman about this, he panicked but handled the situation. But he never told me how he 'handled' it, Somy continued.

Does she ever try to know who it was from the underworld who called up the actor? "I asked Salman two to three times about this, but he replied, 'It's better that you don't know about these things.'", replied Somy

Somy said Salman Khan kept her away from such matters because he knew she was a little naive.