Salman
has
a
huge
fan
following
wherever
he
goes,
with
out
without
his
shirt
on.
When
he
returned
to
Punjab
to
complete
the
shooting
schedule
of
Heroes
the
buzz
his
arrival
generated
in
the
small
village
of
Gharuan
was
phenomenal.
The
location
for
the
song
'Mannata'
was
at
the
Akalgarh
Sahib
Gurudwara;
the
crew
arrived
at
530am
and
by
8am
the
word
had
spread
like
wild
fire
and
when
Salman
arrived
at
the
location
the
crowd
went
berserk!
Director
Samir
Karnik
reveals
"The
kids
climbed
the
walls
of
the
Gurudwara
just
to
get
a
glimpse
him,
the
affect
he
had
on
the
people
were
amazing.
I
have
never
seen
anything
like
this
before".
But
the
best
was
yet
to
come,
when
Salman
alighted
from
the
vanity
van
dressed
as
a
Sardar
complete
with
the
turban
and
the
beard
the
people
greeted
him
saying
satsriakal
praji
as
he
walked
by
and
he
would
greet
them
back
in
character
with
the
Punjabi
accent.
Samir
recounts
"That
is
the
power
of
his
performance,
people
would
ask
the
crew
who
is
this
new
actor
and
on
hearing
it
was
Salman
the
look
in
their
eyes
was
priceless.
However,
Salman
did
not
restrict
his
role
to
just
the
look
of
his
character,
he
ensured
that
the
entire
cast
and
crew
abided
with
the
basic
rules
of
the
Sikh
faith
which
included
no
smoking
and
that
meant
no
cigarette
packets
were
carried
on
location.
The
very
presence
of
Salman
was
larger
than
life.
Some
how
the
entire
village
and
the
surrounding
villages
had
got
news
of
the
shoot
and
we
had
an
army
of
people
pushing
at
the
gates
to
get
in
and
watch
the
shoot,
We
had
to
call
in
the
cops
to
handle
the
crowd
and
soon
the
cops
were
out
numbered
too.
It
was
sheer
madness." Hope
the
cinema
halls
will
see
the
same
mad
rush
with
the
release
of
the
film
Heroes.