Rightly awestruck by Sonam Kapoor in Ram Madhvani’s Neerja (2016)—that she’d delivered nothing close to, until then; or has, since—actor Hrithik Roshan went up to Sonam’s dad Anil to figure what had gone into that performance. The secret sauce, as it were.

That’s the first time Hrithik heard of one, Vinod Rawat, an acting coach, employed to assist Sonam, for the film. Shortly thereafter, Hrithik’s manager called up Vinod, looking to hire him as the superstar’s personal acting coach as well. Something he’s been with Hrithik for all his movies since Kaabil (2017)—Super 30, Vikram Vedha, Fighter, etc.