Actor Aayush Sharma, who is busy promoting the release of his upcoming film Ruslaan, recently spoke about the judgements surrounding his associations with the Khan family after he married actor Salman Khan’s younger sister Arpita Khan in 2014. Reacting to the baseless rumours surrounding his marriage, the actor said that he comes from a political family and never craved money.

Speaking about his film debut with Loveyatri, Aayush said that before marrying Arpita, he had given 300 auditions but to no avail and decided to give up on acting until Salman Khan offered to train him.

Salman Khan offered to train Aayush Sharma

During a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Aayush recalled his acting journey and said that before marrying Arpita, he had given 300 auditions and was ready to quit acting, beleiving he could not be an actor. But Salman told him that he did not have proper training in acting and he offered to train him.

“What they don’t know is that when my marriage with Arpita was finalised I told Salman sir that I don’t want to act because I had given 300 auditions, and nothing happened. I told him I can’t do it. He said that my training hasn’t been good and offered to train me,” Aayush Sharma said.

Aayush Sharma on dealing with online trolls

Speaking about the trolls surrounding his marriage, Aayush said that people assumed that the actor received a diamond-studded sherwani and Bentley in dowry which were not the truth.

“Social media decided a lot of the things for me. I remember when I was getting married some said that I got a diamond-studded sherwani as a gift. I still haven’t gotten that sherwani. Some said I got Bentley in dowry. Where is that Bentley? Not that I want it,” he quipped.

Speaking further about the issue, the actor said that the media claimed him to be a businessman from Delhi which was false. He revealed that he comes from a good political family and at the time, he was not a businessman but a struggling actor. Talking about how people thought he had gotten married for money, career and entry into Bollywood, Aayush said that his parents have given him enough and he never yearned for money to attempt such an act.

Helmed by Karan Butani, Ruslaan starring Aayush Sharma and Sushrii Mishraa will be released on April 26.

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