Arjun Kapoor Defends Salman Khan: He’s Not a Bully, But a Warm-hearted Mentor |

Arjun Kapoor has always been very vocal about his love and respect for Salman Khan. In fact, if you remember one of his movies even had a song with the lyrics – ‘main hu superman, Salman ka fan.’ Jokes aside, he keeps the ‘Sultan’ actor in high regard as if it had not been for Salman, Arjun might have never made it as an actor in the Bollywood industry. Arjun Kapoor never had the confidence to face the camera, he thought it would be better for him to stay behind the scenes. However, Salman Khan saw potential in him, and motivated him to lose weight and give it a shot; and as Arjun acted on his advice, he made his acting debut in 2012 with ‘Ishaqzaade.

Recently, during his chat with Raj Shammani, Arjun Kapoor confessed about Salman’s influence on his career and he spoke highly about his vision for mass entertainment. Arjun mentioned that Salman Khan has always looked at cinema as an audience’s medium, he has never looked at it only as an artiste.
The ‘Singham Again’ antagonist highlighted that Salman to date does stage shows and ‘Bigg Boss,’ as they are mass mediums and Khan knows how to work for the masses.
“He has worked for the audience and then he has built that audience. Maybe this comes to him because he is grown up around Salim-Javed. He put it to use in mainstream cinema,” Arjun added.
In the same conversation, Arjun Kapoor tried to straighten the record that Salman is not a bully. He said one needs to give him some time to see his warm side. “He is not a bully. Anybody who has a tough image… When you are not always openly warm in the first few minutes, you feel they are being a certain way. There is a lot of warmth to that man. It’s just he might not give it in the first second. But you will have to allow that to happen,” said Arjun.
He further mentioned that Salman is the most fearless man in the world. Be it any adversity or responsibility, Salma never shirked, as he is very strong-minded.