Salman spent four years training me: Arjun Kapoor New Delhi: Arjun Kapoor has often credited Salman Khan for making him realise his potential and the actor reveals that 'Dabangg' star sometimes gets surprised by what he has created.

"I often talk about Salman because he made me realise what I was capable of. It was something that not even me or my family recognised. He spent four years training and guiding me," Arjun told PTI in an interview here.

Salman continues to help Arjun even today and gets excited by his success. "Today Salman is the most loved man in the country but he was not at the best phase of his career when he started helping me. He still takes a lot of interest in my career. He sees the trailers of my films and gets excited and sometimes he is surprised at what he has made out of me," Arjun said.

Starting off as an overweight assistant director, Arjun would have stayed behind the camera had Salman not intervened and made him shed more than 50kgs....more    
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by IANS
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10:20 AM, May 10, 2013

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by IANS
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by IANS
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by IANS
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04:49 PM, Jan 07, 2013

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by IANS
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06:17 PM, Nov 12, 2012

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by IANS
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by IANS
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by IANS
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