Ali Abbas Zafar praises Anushka Sharma's dedication towards Sultan

Soon after Anushka Sharma was signed by Yash Raj Films' to play the lead in Ali Abbas Zafar's Sultan, the actress was asked to train for no less than 6 weeks as part of her wrestling programme. Anushka's dedication and commitment has earned her high praise from the director of the film.

"Anushka's dedicated six weeks' wrestling programme has drastically changed her body language and has also transformed her body into a very authentic looking wrestler"

Anushka's wrestling trainer, Jagdish Kaliraman (seen in the picture below), also praised her.

"Wrestling is a very tough game but inspite of it being so tough she is very confident and always wants to be the best at it. She observes every move that we show her very carefully and after showing her maximum two times she exactly knows what to do. She is such a big superstar but she is so humble, down to earth and extremely sincere towards learning the art form of wrestling."

"When people will watch the film they will know that Anushka has put in so much hard work and has moulded into the character so well" Kaliraman added.

Starring megastar Salman Khan in the lead, Sultan releases in theatres on 6th July 2016.

Anushka Sharma preps up for her role as a wrestler in Sultan