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We've all been hearing about Salman Khan's purported project, a film called Sultan to be directed for Yash Raj Films by Ali Abbas Zafar. He will be beefing up his muscles for the part.

A close friend of the superstar however reveals, "Salman was not sure he wanted to do Sultan. It's the role of a 40-year old boxer. It'd require a huge amount of preparation. Salman Khan would have to change his entire physique and body language. It'd entail many months of a strict exercise regime and a new diet control so he can acquire a boxer's body. With his heavy commitments, plus his pending court cases, Salman was not sure he can give Sultan the time attention and single-minded focus it requires."

But now that Salman Khan has accepted the part, he is going all out to get into character.

Interestingly, Akshay Kumar plays a boxer in Karan Malhotra's Brothers and Aamir Khan is getting ready to play a wrestler on Nitish Tiwari's Dangal.

Says Salman's friend, "Akshay already had a boxer's physique. Aamir does one film at a time, so he has changed his look according to character. But Salman was committed to finish Sooraj Barjatya'sPrem Ratan Dhan Payo and Kabir Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan. He could shed his current look only after he finished his two pending assignments."

Pritam Loses Salman Khan Film Sultan
Ankur Pathak | 27 Jul 2015

The music composer fails to show earnestness on the film
Between Anurag Basu's perennially-delayed Jagga Jasoos and Aamir Khan's Dangal, it seems music director Pritam has no time for fresh commitments.

After initially promising to do the music for the Salman Khan-starrer Sultan produced by Yash Raj Films, the man could not come up with any compositions which has prompted Aditya Chopra to replace him.

A source told 9xe.com this morning that Vishal-Shekhar have now been roped in to work on the film's score, which is a mix between peppy and earthy.

"Pritam took 3 weeks and still didn't have anything to sound off to Adi and the film's director Ali Abbas Zaffar. This did not go down well with them," added the source.

While the film's leading lady is yet to be finalised, the film's pre-production has actively begun and Sultan is expected to go on floors in November.

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