New Delhi, April 16 -- Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has revisited a formative moment from her early days in the film industry, recalling how Salman Khan once encouraged her to meet filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, calling her "a Sanjay Leela Bhansali's heroine."

Speaking to ANI in a recent interaction, Kangana shared a detailed account of the meeting that took place when she was still struggling to find her footing in Mumbai.

"When I was... struggling... in my... very early days... you know... I met Salman... through somebody... and I was hardly like 16, 17. Gangster hadn't happened. And he met me and he saw me. And he said, she is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's heroine. That's what he said. He said, you should go and meet Sanjay Bhansali,"...