Salman Khan has shared that he first felt the severe pain of trigeminal neuralgia during the filming of Partner with Lara Dutta. He mentioned that the incident happened when Lara removed a strand of hair from his face, and he also noted that the pain would somewhat lessen when he used to drink. Salman discussed his experiences with trigeminal neuralgia during his appearance on the first episode of the talk show Two Much, hosted by Twinkle Khanna and Kajol. He was a guest on the show with Aamir Khan.

Sharing how the pain made his daily activities challenging, Salman mentioned, “You’ve got to live with it. There are a lot of people living with bypass surgeries, heart conditions, and many more. When I had trigeminal neuralgia, that pain used to be… You would not want your biggest enemy to have that pain. I had it for seven-and-a-half years. It used to pain every 4-5 minutes. It would happen suddenly, while talking… It used to take me about an hour and a half to have my breakfast, and I used to go straight to dinner. For an omelet, because, I couldn’t chew it, I had to force myself, hurt myself, take as much pain, so I could get rid of the meal.” 

Initially, people assumed that Salman was experiencing a dental problem. He was taking approximately 750 mg of painkillers, which did not seem to help. He mentioned that the pain would sometimes lessen when he consumed a drink or two.

The pain first appeared during the filming of Partner (2007). Salman shared, “I was doing Partner. Lara was there. She removed a strand of hair on my face and I felt pain. I joked that ‘Wow Lara, you’re electrifying!’ That’s when it started.” In 2011, Salman went through a surgery for trigeminal neuralgia, and he openly discussed his experience with the disorder in 2017.