Exclusive: Salman Khan to begin shooting for 'Sultan' in November

Mumbai: On priority, Salman Khan has resumed the shooting of Sooraj Barjatya’s ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ in Karjat. This has been slated for this year’s big Diwali release starring Sonam Kapoor opposite Salman Khan for the first time. Meanwhile, a lot has been speculated about the shooting of Yash Raj Films’ ‘Sultan’ starring Salman Khan. Director Ali Abbas Zafar is working on the pre-production of the film. Ali has earlier directed ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ and ‘Gunday’ for the same studio.

Ali has also been an assistant director to Kabir Khan and was also part of the first schedule of ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. DC has learnt that Salman Khan has allotted dates to shoot for Sultan in the month of November. The first schedule will take off in Delhi.

However there is a lot of mystery around the leading lady of the film. Earlier there were reports that Deepika is paired with Salman. But recently, it was rumoured that Kangana has been offered the role. Kangana admitted that she was offered the role but her dates were clashing with Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Rangoon’. It will be interesting to see who eventually is finalized as the leading lady.

Salman Khan will play a wrestler in the film and will undergo vigorous training to get into the character. Promotions of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ will keep Salman occupied for the next few months after which all his time is allotted to Sultan.

This will be Salman’s second film with Yash Raj Films, earlier one being ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, which was a blockbuster.