Acting Tips from Salman Khan

Acting students of Whistling Woods International were in for a surprise when they had Salman Khan, the super star come in as a guest speaker. Salman shared his 22 yrs experience of his existence in Bollywood with the students and how he has retained himself for so many years.

He regaled the students with his wit and shared the secrets of being a star actor than just being a good actor. He emphasized on physical fitness, look, style and personality along with quality acting which they are learning now at WWI.

He gave a lot of tips to these actors of tomorrow and emphasized to them not to imitate any other actor as then you will always be number 2. If you copy then you can never be a star but will always remain a copy of the star.

He said that a good actor impresses you with a good role in a good film whereas a star attracts you always, even in a mediocre film. He also shared his experience working with various directors including Sooraj Barjatya to Sanjay Bhansali, David Dhawan and Subhash Ghai now. He said, "All have different styles of working and I adopt each director's style to give my best. Every actor has to know and understand the director first before he starts working with him. That's how he can justify a director's vision. Never try to think opposite of what the director is thinking, it will harm the film".

While speaking on personality grooming he said that, "An actor has to be a good human being first, not a pretentious good human being .He must be humble to people even though he exhibits attitude of a star".

He further added, " A actor must spend a lot of time and care for his body and face coz this is the only instrument with any actor to play the role and to exhibit his talent of acting on big screen".

"not to imitate any other actor as then you will always be number 2. If you copy then you can never be a star but will always remain a copy of the star"

that's true

some really good tips especially about the director nice of him to take time out