Iulia Vantur ‘cried, laughed’ while watching Sikandar, says Salman Khan supported her: ‘He invests in people he believes in’

Iulia Vantur opened up about her bond with Salman Khan and said that he has been guiding force in the film industry for many years now. “I receive a lot of guidance from him and I am very grateful for that because there’s an experience of 30+ years in the industry, plus what he got from his dad, the legendary Salim Khan. He is one person who believes in my voice and who supported me and I am very happy for that,” she shared and added that he has done this for many upcoming artistes.

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“Because once he believes in somebody, he invests in that person. Not money, I am not talking about money. It’s emotional investment, it’s support. It’s important when you don’t have a good day in the recording studio and somebody is telling you, ‘but you have a great voice, keep trying, never give up.’ That’s important,” she shared and added, “Because there were many moments when I doubted and thought that maybe I am not good enough for this.”

In the same chat, Iulia also spoke about the origin of the song “Teri Meri Meri Teri” from Bodyguard and shared that she first sang the original Romanian version of the song at a party where she was asked to sing a song. “They were singing and dancing and they asked me, ‘Sing a Romanian song’ and I was like… ‘Oh my god, what to sing, because they would not understand the lyrics, they don’t know the artist’ but it was the only song that was playing in my head. It was probably meant to be because that song was recreated later and became a number one song. They heard it and they were like ‘what a beautiful song!'” Iulia did not specify who asked her to sing or complimented her singing skills at this party.

Iulia Vantur has been trying to build her career as a singer and has had collaborated with singers like Mika, Yo Yo Honey Singh.