In 2007, Tina had accompanied Salman during the IIFA Awards, which had triggered speculations that she would enter Bollywood.
There were also reports that Salman would launch her in Dabangg, a 2010 blockbuster.
"It was said that my dad asked him (Salman) to launch me. But it is not true. That was just a rumour. I was never going to be launched by him. It was all created by media," Tina said in an interview.
Salman is known for promoting newcomers in Bollywood, including Katrina Kaif, Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty.
Since Salman launched actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's daughter Sonakshi in Dabangg, things had reportedly
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