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Debut and breakthrough                                                                                                                                                    his acting debut with a supporting role in the 1988 film Biwi Ho To Aisi in which his voice was dubbed by someone else. His first leading role in a Bollywood movie was in Sooraj R. Barjatya's romantic family drama Maine Pyar Kiya (1989), one of India's highest grossing films.[24][25] It earned him his first nomination for a Best Actor at Filmfare, but the much expected Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut was awarded to Sooraj Barjatya.[26]

Maine Pyar Kiya was later dubbed in English as When Love Calls, a 125-minute version, was the biggest hit in the Caribbean market at Guyana and also dominated the box-office collections in Trinidad and Tobago. Maine Pyar Kiya had also been dubbed in Spanish as Te Amo, the first experiment of its kind. This 125-minute film also proved its universal appeal with a glorious 10-week premiere run at Lima, capital of Peru. In Telugu as Prema Paavuraalu, it crossed 25 weeks at Visakhapatnam and had 100 plus day run at six centres in Andhra Pradesh. It was also dubbed in Tamil as Kaadhal Oru Kavithai and in Malayalam as Ina Praavukal.

1990 saw one film release starring Khan, Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, a box office success,[27] followed by three moderately successful films in 1991, Patthar Ke Phool, Sanam Bewafa, and Kurbaan. In the same year, Khan co-starred with Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit in the Romance drama film Saajan.[28] The movie was a critical and financial success.[29][30] Despite these early successes, nearly all of his 1992–1993 releases resulted in box office failures.[29] Brand endorsements he was associated as a brand when he had done the advertisements for Limca Soft drink,[88] Hero Honda bikes[89] and Double Bull shirts,[90] much before he entered film Industry. Even after he became a superstar, he never showed interest in promoting himself as a brand, but he was signed for Thums Up in 2002 and continued until its contract was over. Later Akshay Kumar replaced Khan. Later he was the brand ambassador of soft drink Mountain Dew with whom he ended the contract in December 2010.[91] and now he is once again promoting Thums Up.[92][93] He has also become the brand ambassador for the travel website, Yatra.com, which also made him a shareholder.[94] He is also the face of the History Channel and the new brand for Suzuki motorcycles,[95] Previously he endorsed Red Tape Shoes[96] and now he is endorsing Relaxo Hawaii[97] he is also the brand ambassador of the detergent brand, Wheel[98] He has also appeared for Chlormint, a brand of gum with his brother. The actor has also done a jewellery brand, Sangini with Kareena Kapoor[99] apart from innerwear brand Dixcy Scott and tablet BlackBerry Playbook. Britannia' s Tiger biscuits is the latest endorsement of Salman.[100] He is also the face of Ranbaxy' s Revital replacing Yuvraj Singh[101] Apart from these brands, he also has Rotomac Pen and SF Sonic Batteries endorsements[102] Now Khan has been roped in as the brand ambassador of Dubai-based fashion label Splash[103] Khan has been signed as the brand ambassador for Astral Poly Technik Ltd, the leading manufacturers of plumbing and drainage systems in the country.[104]