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
50
kgs.
The
27-year-old's
second
film
Aurangzeb
released
today.
Arjun
has
already
four
other
big
budget
projects
in
his
kitty,
but
he
was
initially
attracted
to
direction.
"If
not
an
actor,
I
would
have
been
behind
the
camera.
Directing
a
film
is
still
a
desire.
But
I
am
enjoying
acting
now
and
want
to
create
a
space
for
myself
before
I
look
further,"
he
said.
Taking
on
a
double
role
in
his
second
film
was
a
challenge
for
the
actor
as
both
the
roles
are
poles
apart.
The
film
is
set
in
today's
Gurgaon.
It
is
about
the
family
of
land
mafia.
Police
is
after
him.
I
play
Ajay,
the
volatile
son.
In
this
picture
comes
my
lookalike
Vishal,
who
is
used
by
the
police.
The
characters
are
black
and
white.
It
was
a
challenge
to
pretend
to
be
someone
else,
but
I
enjoy
playing
characters
that
are
out
of
my
comfort
zone."
He
has
portrayed
the
tough-guy
in
both
the
films,
but
Arjun
does
not
feel
that
he
is
getting
typecast.
"I
am
one-film
old
and
I
would
not
typecast
myself.
Yes,
I
had
guns
in
Ishaqzaade
too,
but
that
was
a
romantic
film,
whereas
this
is
a
crime-thriller.
I
think
I
am
being
offered
grittier
roles
more
because
I
have
that
kind
of
a
body
language.
But
that
won't
stop
me
from
experimenting,"
he
said.
PTI