Salim Khan has always struck us as a man of singular emotional intelligence and progressive views. Not only is he the man who was part of the team that gave us two films like Deewar and Sholay, but he himself is patriarch of a family that mostly is an example of how to live in harmony in modern India.

What's more, the women in his family are given their space and the liberty to conduct their lives the way they want, be it Helen, Malaika Arora or his daughters who have not only married non Muslims, but are disciples of Hindu gurus - as is in the case of elder daughter Alvira.