Filmmaker Ravi Chopra, whose film "Babul" with Salman Khan is nearing completion, is among the many friends and well-wishers celebrating the actor's release on bail.

"Besides the fact that he is part of my film, he is also a great friend. I am extremely happy about Salman's release not so much for my film as the fact that he has come unscathed out of this crisis. I personally think the judgment has been too harsh on him," Chopra was quoted as saying.

He adds that he is in no mad hurry to restart the shooting of his film, despite Salman's busy schedule. The actor has been sentenced to five years in prison by a court in Jodhpur for poaching a chinkara deer.

"I wish for him that he gets things in order and settles down to a peaceful life before we plan the next schedule of the film. I am in no mad rush and I don't see any reason to get panicky about things," he says.