Salman's “Sultan” finds leading lady in Anushka

Salman Khan's upcoming film, Sultan, has finally got a leading lady. Anushka Sharma has been roped in as to play the lead opposite Salman Khan's “Sultan”, in the film.

Salman plays the eponymous role in the film about wrestling. In order to essay the character of the 40-year-old wrestler from Haryana, Salman Khan has been undergoing strenuous training for quite some time now.

Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, “Sultan” is expected to hit the screens on Eid 2016. Speculations are still rife about the exact release date of the film, thanks to the expected big box-office clash between Salman's “Sultan” and Shah Rukh Khan's “Raees”.

Earlier, director Ali Abbas Zafar had been quoted as saying that they would announce the lead lady of the film by January-end. From Deepika Padukone to Parineeti Chopra, several names had cropped up in the topic.

While Salman had two films to his credit last year, “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” and “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo”, Anushka was seen on the big screen thrice in 2015 – “NH10”, “Bombay Velvet” and “Dil Dhadakne Do”.

This is the first time that Salman and Anushka have been paired together. With “Sultan”, Anushka will have worked with all three Khans of the industry. She had made her Bollywood debut alongside Shah Rukh Khan in “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi”, and then teamed up with him for “Jab Tak Hai Jaan”. In 2014, Anushka was seen opposite Aamir Khan in “PK”.

Source: India Today