Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Salman Khan’s Humorous Hygiene Warning Draws Tukaram Mundhe Links
Salman Khan congratulated his friend Srishti Sawhney on opening a café in Bandra.
He asked her to refill his coffee and joked that she should not make it more expensive.
He also told her to keep the food and drinks safe and clean.
Salman said he would “send him” if the café did not follow those rules.
Salman did not say who “him” was.
Many people online connected the joke to food-safety official Tukaram Mundhe.
Mundhe’s department has recently taken action against food outlets in Maharashtra.
Salman also joked about visiting the café in clothes from his Being Human brand.
He is expected to host Bigg Boss Hindi season 20 and has upcoming film projects.
Salman Khan congratulated Srishti Sawhney on opening The Tuck Shop at Savio’s in Bandra, Mumbai.
He jokingly asked her to maintain prices, food quality, and hygiene while refilling his coffee.
Khan wrote that he would “send him” if standards were not maintained, prompting netizens to link the reference to FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe.
The post also joked about Khan visiting in Being Human clothing and called Sawhney a “corporate woman.”
Mundhe’s department has reportedly conducted more than 3,000 inspections and suspended nearly 165 food-outlet licences in Mumbai.
- Who
- Actor Salman Khan, café owner Srishti Sawhney, and, by an apparent public interpretation, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe.
- What
- Khan posted a humorous warning asking Sawhney to maintain the café’s prices, quality, and hygiene.
- When
- The articles do not provide the date of the Instagram Story; Bigg Boss Hindi season 20 is scheduled to premiere on September 6.
- Where
- The Tuck Shop at Savio’s in Bandra, Mumbai.
- Why
- Khan was congratulating Sawhney while playfully reminding her to maintain food and beverage standards.
Public Interpretation
What Khan Explicitly Said
Meaning of “him”
Public Interpretation
Netizens and the articles link Khan’s reference to “HIM” with Tukaram Mundhe because of the commissioner’s recent food-safety action against outlets.
What Khan Explicitly Said
Khan did not name Tukaram Mundhe in the Instagram Story, so the connection remains an interpretation rather than an explicit identification.
Nature of the message
Public Interpretation
The post was viewed as a timely swipe at a Bandra café amid recent food-safety enforcement in the area.
What Khan Explicitly Said
The message was presented as a personal, humorous congratulations and reminder to Khan’s friend about café standards.
- Café
- The Tuck Shop at Savio’s
- Location
- Bandra, Mumbai
- Owner
- Srishti Sawhney
- Warning
- Maintain prices, food quality, and hygiene
- Linked official
- Tukaram Mundhe, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration Commissioner
- Reported enforcement
- More than 3,000 inspections and nearly 165 licence suspensions in Mumbai
- Upcoming television project
- Bigg Boss Hindi season 20, scheduled to premiere on September 6
- Upcoming films
- Maatrubhumi and an action film reportedly titled Monster
