Salman Khan and AR Murugadoss' collaboration on Sikandar was a much awaited event. Ghajini, the film's 2008 release, was Aamir Khan's first big hit, and Salman fans hoped he could help salvage their star's career after a few poor box office performances.

However, the movie received negative reviews and did poorly at the box office. Director Murugadoss described his experience working with Salman on the movie in a recent interview, describing it as "not easy." Salman's admirers have taken this statement as an accusation against the actor and accused the director of assaulting him.

In a recent interview with Valaipechu Voice, Murugadoss talked about the experience of filming Sikandar. “It’s not easy to shoot with a star. Even day scenes, we have to shoot at night because he turns up on set only by 8 PM. We are used to shooting right from early mornings, but that’s not how things work there,”

he said, adding that it also affected the other actors on set, “If there were four kids in a scene, we would have to shoot with them at 2 AM, even if it’s the shot of them returning from school! They would become tired by that time and usually dozed off.”