Salman Khan along with co-actor Anushka Sharma started shooting for ‘Sultan’ in Punjab
After wrapping up the schedule in Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh recently, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan along with co-actor Anushka Sharma started shooting for ‘Sultan’ in Punjab on Tuesday (May 3).
The shoot is being held in villages Narangwal and Kila Raipur of Ludhiana. Some sequences will also be shot in Doraha.
Interestingly, few months back superstar Aamir Khan also shot in the Narangwal and Kila Raipur for his upcoming flick ‘Dangal.’
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However, unlike Aamir Khan who frankly met his fans and obliged them for photographs in the hotel where he was putting up for almost three months, the visit of Salman Khan has been kept entirely under the wraps.
A source from the high end hotel where Salman is putting up told The Indian Express, “Salman Khan and his team arrived in the hotel Sunday late. The entire schedule details are extremely confidential. His timings of moving to the shoot locations are also confidential and kept secret even from the hotel staff. He has strictly ordered his staff not to entertain any appointment requests.”
Contrary to this, Aamir Khan during his stay in Ludhiana held various meetings with deputy commissioner, police commissioner, various industrialists and artists from Punjabi film industry.
Salman Khan is expected to end Punjab leg of ‘Sultan’ shooting by May 9.
“Till now, the plan is to wrap up Ludhiana shoot by May 9 but it all depends on how it proceeds. We are using local Punjabi crowd for some scenes. Also, a song has to be shot here,” said a source from Yash Raj Films, Aditya Chopra owned production house to The Indian Express.
Earlier the plan to shoot for ‘Sultan’ in Punjab was cancelled to avoid any location clash with Aamir’s ‘Dangal’ but later it was decided to continue shoot in Punjab.
“We have completely avoided the particular locations where Dangal has been shot. Some villages are same but setup is entirely different,” said the source.
Based of real life story of Haryana-based wrestler Sultan Ali Khan, ‘Sultan’ director Ali Abbas Zafar had shared photographs of famous Manakpur Shah Dargah and village Kila Raipur in Punjab during recce.
Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ too is based on real life story of Haryana based wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and for the shoot villages in Ludhiana including Gujjarwal, Kila Raipur, Narangwal, Dango and Leel were given a complete Haryanvi makeover. Aamir is expected to arrive in Ludhiana around June to complete last leg of shoot after losing 30-kg weight he gained to portray the role of aged Phogat.
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