Salman Khan and Iulia Vantur getting married in 2016?

Salman Khan's marriage is a topic that has kept many a Bollywood lover occupied for several years now. Every single time Salman is spotted with some lady or the other, be it a Bollywood actor or someone else, the grapevine works itself into a tizzy over Salman Khan's 'mystery woman'.

As recently as a few months ago too, yet another tsunami of rumours drowned the internet. This time around, it was said that Salman Khan might have gotten engaged to the woman he is supposedly in a relationship with - Romanian TV personality Iulia Vantur.

Iulia Vantur and Salman Khan. Photos: Milind Shelte, India Today

However, back then, Salman's sister Arpita Khan Sharma had trashed all rumours of her brother having exchanged rings with Iulia Vantur. Salman too, said how he loved the rumour about his engagement.

That Salman Khan has stayed a bachelor all these years hasn't escaped the prying eyes of anybody who is even remotely clued in into the happenings of Bollywood. In interviews over the years, both Salman and people close to him have pointed out how Salman's court cases were the reason the actor hadn't tied the knot all these years.

In what comes as a huge sigh of relief for Salman, the Bombay High Court recently acquitted him of all charges in the 2002 hit-and-run case. This, some people close to the Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor have zeroed in on as the reason Salman will finally say 'I do' in 2016.

Iulia Vantur and Salman Khan. Photos: Milind Shelte, India Today

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai had been quoted in several reports as saying how Salman could have married at 34, but could not, because the judgment in the cases was pending.

A report in DNA quoted a source as saying, "Every time his parents raised the question of his marriage, Salman would turn around to say, 'What would I tell my wife if the court cases go against me? What would she tell our child? That the father is in jail?' Salman wanted to be out of the legal tangles before marrying. Now that the verdict is out in his favour, the coast is clear for his marriage."

Earlier, in an interview on TV, Salman had said that he would 'think about marrying only after the courts give their verdicts'. And if the verdicts from the courts went against him, the actor said, then he would marry only after being released from jail.

Now, given the fact that Salman has been cleared of all charges in the 2002 hit-and-run case, the actor might finally be able to walk down the altar. The rest, as they say, time will tell!