VIDEO: First Bollywood Film to Be Advertised in NYC Times Square

Salman Khan’s Tubelight seems to be breaking records even before its official release, as it is the first Bollywood film to be advertised on hoardings at NYC Times Square!

This is huge for Bollywood!

The film has been much anticipated and there are thousands of people who can’t wait for it to come out.

According to laughingcolours.com, even before its release, Salman Khan’s Tubelight seems to break records. For the starters, Tubelight has become the first Bollywood movie to be advertised on the hoardings at Times Square (New York City).

Times square Of NYC is a major commercial Intersection, entertainment center, and a tourist destination as well. It is also referred as ‘heart of the world’. The hoardings at Times Square can’t be ignore for it being the busiest pedestrian areas. Approximately 330,000 people pass through Times Square daily.

Tubelight is directed by Kabir Khan. salman Khan will be seen playing the role of a slow learner. The film also features Sohail Khan as Salman’s on-screen brother and Shahrukh in a Cameo Role. The film will hit the screens on 25 June.

According to Wikipedia, in 2004 Khan was ranked as 7th Best looking man in world – People Magazine, USA. In 2008 his lifelike wax statue was installed in London’s Madame Tussauds Museum and so in 2012 once again his another wax statue was installed in New York’s Madame Tussauds Museum. In 2010 People Magazine, India declared him the Sexiest Man Alive.

In 2011, 2012 and 2013 he was declared Times of India’s Most Desirable Man of #2, #1 and #3 respectivelty. In August 2013 he was declared as India’s Most Searched Celebrity Online.

Khan topped Forbes India charts for 2014, in terms of both fame and revenues. According to the Forbes 2015 list of ‘Celebrity 100 : The World’s Top-Paid Entertainers 2015’, Khan was the highest ranked Indian in 71st rank with earnings of $33.5 million.

Salman Khan was ranked seventh in Forbes’s first global list of highest-paid actors in the world, with earnings of US$33.5 million, which placed him higher than such Hollywood actors as Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Dwayne The Rock Johnson.

He regularly features in listings of the most influential people in Indian culture, and in 2015 he ranked ahead of US President Barack Obama in the list of The Most Admired Personalities of India. In September 2015, a leading magazine declared him “The Most Attractive Personality” in India.

He also became the only actor to collect over ₹5.00 billion (US$78 million) domestic net in a single year in India. Khan was ranked the second “Most Googled Indian of 2015” and first among Bollywood actors. On April 24, 2016 Indian Olympic Association appointed the actor as the Indian Olympic contingent’s goodwill ambassador for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Khan has been involved in several charities during his career. He has started an NGO called Being Human which sells T-shirts and other products online and in stores.

A portion of the sales go to a worthy cause supporting the underprivileged. Being Human Foundation is a registered charitable trust set up by Salman Khan for helping the cause of the underprivileged. In its early days, Salman Khan set up and funded the Foundation using his own money.