Iulia Vantur: I have a lot of respect for Salman Khan
| Updated: Jan 16, 2018, 09:41 IST
Salman Khan and his rumoured girlfriend, Iulia Vantur have made headlines several times now after being spotted together at various occasions and events. The gorgeous dame is a professional singer and made her singing debut with ‘Every Night And Day’. Now, however, she is all set for her next single, Harjai.
Talking about her single, she said, “Maniesh (Paul, who also features in the single) and I are great friends and since we’re both TV hosts, there’s a lot of conversations around that. I spend a lot of time at recording studios and Sachin Gupta, who was composing a track for T-Series at the time, heard me jam with Maniesh. We were soon having fun and he asked me to join in. It was a challenge learning pronunciations of Hindi words but Sachin and director Shabina Khan helped me through it. There’s so much to learn from Indian classical music and I’d love to explore it next.”
When asked whether she plans to join Bollywood anytime soon, she said, “I had never planned to come to India to work. There was no ambition, no fool-proof plan. Salman (Khan) is a good friend and he guided me, encouraging me to sing. I never thought that I would be able to sing in Hindi but he supported me. I started singing because of him. I had no plans to be a part of Bollywood but I also like surprises at the same time.”
Talking about her struggles, she said, “Nobody knows me here. They even call me ‘Lulia’ here, when my name is spelt with an ‘I’. I am a respected personality in Romania. A news anchor receives a certain status symbol wherever they are based. Here, people don’t know of my life and journey. They don’t know my struggles and the hard work that I have put in for decades. They look at me and they see a girl with big Bollywood dreams. But that’s not me at all! I’ve lived the famed life, the rich life, and I don’t starve for it. I never thought life would bring me to India but I followed my heart and here I am.’’
Talking about her single, she said, “Maniesh (Paul, who also features in the single) and I are great friends and since we’re both TV hosts, there’s a lot of conversations around that. I spend a lot of time at recording studios and Sachin Gupta, who was composing a track for T-Series at the time, heard me jam with Maniesh. We were soon having fun and he asked me to join in. It was a challenge learning pronunciations of Hindi words but Sachin and director Shabina Khan helped me through it. There’s so much to learn from Indian classical music and I’d love to explore it next.”
When asked whether she plans to join Bollywood anytime soon, she said, “I had never planned to come to India to work. There was no ambition, no fool-proof plan. Salman (Khan) is a good friend and he guided me, encouraging me to sing. I never thought that I would be able to sing in Hindi but he supported me. I started singing because of him. I had no plans to be a part of Bollywood but I also like surprises at the same time.”
Talking about her struggles, she said, “Nobody knows me here. They even call me ‘Lulia’ here, when my name is spelt with an ‘I’. I am a respected personality in Romania. A news anchor receives a certain status symbol wherever they are based. Here, people don’t know of my life and journey. They don’t know my struggles and the hard work that I have put in for decades. They look at me and they see a girl with big Bollywood dreams. But that’s not me at all! I’ve lived the famed life, the rich life, and I don’t starve for it. I never thought life would bring me to India but I followed my heart and here I am.’’