Ashneer Grover recalls Salman Khan's manager asked him 'Bhindi kharidne aaye ho kya?' when he wanted the actor as his brand ambassador

Ashneer Grover, who rose to fame as a judge on Shark Tank India, was invited as a guest speaker at a private university on 29th April 2022 where he talked about how businesses function and what things need to be considered while starting a venture.

During his speech, Ashneer stressed on the importance of building trust for a business which involves monetary transactions. He said it was important when he started off.
So he decided to get Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on-board as his brand ambassador but he didn't have enough funds to do that. He said, "Mere paas bank mai pure 100 crore pade the jisse mujhe pura business banana tha." (I only had Rs. 100 crores in my bank account with which I had to run my business).

He said he still decided to go ahead with the idea of approaching Salman with the limited resources he had and got in touch with his manager who asked for Rs 7.5 crores.

However, Ashneer couldn't afford to pay the amount back then and requested Salman to reconsider his fees. To his surprise, the actor agreed to promote his product for Rs. 4.5 crores.
However, Ashneer revealed that Salman's manager taunted him for the negotiation.

He asked, "Sir aap bhindi kharidne aaye ho kya, kitni mandawali karoge (Sir, have you come to buy vegetables, how much will you negotiate)?" Ashneer replied to him, "Mere paas hai hi nahi paise, de hi nahi sakta" (I don't have enough money, I cannot give.)![92921947.jpg]