Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak with Salman Khan and Abhishek during the IIFA Awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi. Twitter photo

The picture shared on the IIFA Instagram handle, shows Salman and Abhishek sitting with the UAE Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, at the main award ceremony held on Saturday night in Abu Dhabi.

In the image, the two actors are seen having a deep conversation with Sheikh Nahyan as they got photographed sitting in the front row.

Fans could not seem to control their excitement on seeing the two actors together.

A user wrote: "Good to see them together... Matured people."

Another wrote: "Abhishek and Salman in one frame."