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Explained: Salman Khan’s legal notice, a 28-year-old blackbuck case, and a producer who refuses to back down | The ‘Kala Hiran’ row

A film poster. A turquoise bracelet. A legal notice that has reopened a 28-year-old wound. Salman Khan's most notorious court case is now the subject of a Bollywood film, and he is doing everything he can to stop it. The makers are not blinking.

‘I got Sallu Baba his first film, he hasn’t cast me in years’: Jackie Shroff on Salman Khan

Shroff was on the sets of 'Falak' when he first saw Salman's photographs. He picked them up, walked to Subhash Ghai, and was told no. He walked to the next director anyway.

Bhai to the rescue: Salman Khan steps in to broker peace between Ranveer Singh and Farhan Akhtar over ‘Don 3’ row

The sets were never built. The cameras never rolled. Yet 'Don 3' has managed to become one of Bollywood's most dramatic productions, playing out not on screen, but in boardrooms, federation offices, and now, in a phone call from Salman Khan.