If Tom Cruise could do it in real life for Katie Holmes in June 2005, why not Salman Khan for Asin on screen in December 2008? The Bollywood hunk convinced filmmaker Vipul Shah to shoot the most important scene of his film London Dreams in Paris - just because his co-star, the beautiful actress Asin, had always wished her dream man would propose to her beneath the Eiffel Tower.
The geographic change in location notwithstanding, Salman was sold on the idea that the Eiffel Tower was the apt place for this romantic scene. And, to Vipul’s great surprise and bonus delight, the Eiffel Tower was lit up in blue and gold when they went to check the iron global iconic tower on Champ de Mar beside the Seine River.
It turned out France was celebrating its presidency of the European Union that day and had illuminated the Eiffel Tower in the colours of the EU flag. Despite the celebrations and the high security in the vicinity, Vipul managed to swing the permission to shoot there because London Dreams is an Indo-European coproduction. Once that was done, Salman went ahead and made Asin’s dream come true. For the handsome Khan to go down on his knees and romantically propose to Asin was easy. He’s done it often enough on screen and in real life... but never before the Eiffel Tower!