it might be argued that since this is her debut film sonakshi sinha has picked up the tricks of the trade from her costar the mighty salman khan this despite the fact that at home and in her father shatrughan sinha the debutante has one of bollywoods great characters but theres no doubt about where sonakshi learned how to paint from bollywoods closet artist salman himself shatrus pretty daughter breaks into bollywood this september with dabanng and such has been salmans influence on the debutante in this film that she has even taken paint brush to canvas and is producing paintings that look uncannily like they have come out of salmans mumbai studio ive done fashion designing so i knew how to sketch using the paint brush was something i dreaded but salman helped me overcome this fear and taught me to paint said sonakshi she impressed the master with her first painting a woman with a cross he said it didnt look like id painted for the first time sonakshi admitted and for these impromptu lessons in art sonakshi has given salman a guru dakshina already four years ago on his birthday i gifted salman a silhouette of his face that was even before i could think of joining films she saidshe agreed that her works look like his thats because ive incorporated his style in me also hes always around when i paint the day i put my own ideas on the canvas my paintings will look different from his said sonakshi but shes hugely grateful to salman he has been very encouraging dabanng is the best thing that could have happened to a newcomer like me said sonakshi who will not sign any more films until this one releases the buzz is that she turned down sanjay leela bhansali as well check out salman khans homepagefollow us on twitter for more stories