10 Years Of Salman Khan Sultan: Whenever we talk about the best films of Salman Khan’s career, the name of ‘Sultan’ definitely comes in it. 10 years have passed since the release of this film. This picture was released on 6 July 2016. Salman played the role of a wrestler in the film and Anushka Sharma was seen opposite him. The name of Anushka’s character was Arfa, but do you know that the first choice for the role of Arfa was not Anushka but Kangana Ranaut.
According to IMDB trivia, Kangana Ranaut was offered ‘Sultan’, but she refused this film. It is said that during a conversation with YRF, Kangana had said that instead of big films with male leads, she wants to give priority to women-centric films. In such a situation, he had rejected the role of Arfa.
Anushka’s casting after Kangana
Kangana Ranaut After Anushka Sharma’s refusal, she was cast. This was her first film with Salman Khan. Her character was also that of a female wrestler. The pair of both were very strong on screen. Not only did people like the film, all the songs of the film including ‘Bulleya’, ‘440 Vault’, ‘Baby Ko Bes Pasand Hai’ were also hits.
If Salman had not spoken, ‘Sultan’ would not have been made.
‘Sultan’ was directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. In a recent interview given to Variety India, he told that Salman Khan was the only choice for the male lead role in ‘Sultan’. When he told YRF head Aditya Chopra about this film, Aditya also said that only Salman can do this film.
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If Salman had not agreed to do it, this film would not have been made with anyone else. However, when the story was narrated to Salman, he agreed to do this picture in just 15 minutes. ‘Sultan’ was a blockbuster with a worldwide collection of more than Rs 600 crore.
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