Arjun Kapoor was an assistant director on Salman Khan`s Wanted in 2009, and that is when Bhaijaan saw potential in the actor and encouraged him to lose weight and pursue acting. Now, in a recent interview, the actor has admitted that it was Salman`s influence that helped him become an actor. It was in 2012 when Arjun made his Bollywood debut with Ishaqzaade.

In conversation with Raj Shammani, Kapoor heaped praises on Salman Khan and stated, “He has always looked at cinema as an audience’s medium, he has never looked at it only as an artiste. Even today, he does stage shows and Bigg Boss. These are mass mediums. He operates for the masses. He has worked for the audience and then he has built that audience. Maybe this comes to him because he grew up around Salim-Javed. He put it to use in mainstream cinema."