Khan is the Salman Khan made 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 Bollywoodmovie 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]
Later Filmfare rectified their mistake by presenting the same award after 15 long years. Maine Pyar Kiya was later dubbed in English as When Love Calls, a 125minute 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 asPrema 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.[27]

1990 saw one film release starring Khan, Baaghi: A Rebel for Love, a box office success,[28] 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.[29] The movie was a
critical and financial success.[30][31] Despite these early successes, nearly all of his 19921993 releases resulted in box office failures.[30]