After ‘rape’ comment backlash, Salman Khan endorsed media training: ‘He gave us 6 people to train’ | Bollywood News
5 min readMumbaiApr 25, 2026 12:15 PM IST In today’s world, where every statement made by a celebrity is intensely scrutinised, the need for media trainers has become increasingly significant. Janice Sequeira and Nupur Singh Riat, two media trainers who work with Bollywood celebrities, recently reflected on how they began this practice nearly a decade ago, when it was still a relatively niche field, and how Salman Khan played an unexpected role in helping them get started. ‘We didn’t train Salman Khan’ In a conversation with Variety India, Sequeira recalled her first meeting with the actor during the shoot of Sultan: “I remember Salman Khan was shooting, finishing the last bit of patchwork for Sultan. He was quite fond of me, so he said, ‘Okay, come meet me, come to YRF Studios.’ I remember he was shooting his wrestling scene. He looked very exhausted. I was sitting there pitching to him, telling him I had this idea about newcomers and people who hadn’t really been trained properly on how to speak in a motivational or …
