Sultan

Sultan (2016)

सुल्तान

Der in die Jahre gekommene Ringer Sultan Ali Khan möchte sein Glück auf der Matte erneut probieren. Dazu will er sein Land bei den Olympischen Spielen vertreten, hat aber zuvor noch sowohl mit privaten und persönlichen Problemen zu kämpfen.

Erscheinungsdatum
2016-07-06
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (277)
Laufzeit
2 Std. 50 Min.
Genres
Drama, Action, Liebesfilm
Regie
Ali Abbas Zafar

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Sultan is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Salman Khan in the titular role and Anushka Sharma, Amit Sadh, and Randeep Hooda. It narrates the story of Sultan Ali Khan, a fictional pehlwani wrestler and former world wrestling champion from Haryana whose successful career has created a rift in his personal life.

Production

The project was earlier announced in June 2015 with a teaser released on YouTube. Khan will be seen portraying a Haryana-based wrestler in the film. To prepare for the film, Khan underwent wrestling training under the guidance of Larnell Stovall.

In October 2015, there were reports of American actor Sylvester Stallone being cast in the film as Khan's on-screen coach. However, Raja Mukerji, the Executive Producer of the film cleared that Stallone would not be starring in the film. Later, Sanjay Dutt was then rumoured to play the role of coach according to Khan's insistence.

In December 2015, Randeep Hooda was later signed to play the role of Khan's coach in the film. Amit Sadh of Kai Po Che! fame was reportedly signed for the role of young Sultan. However, in March 2016, he confirmed that he is playing the role of Khan's younger brother. MMA fighter Tyron Woodley has been signed opposite Khan with other fighters in the film.

The role of Aarfa Ali Khan was offered to Deepika Padukone but she turned it down. The role was then offered to Kangana Ranaut who also turned it down. In January 2016, Anushka Sharma was signed to play the female lead role opposite Khan. For her role as a wrestler, Sharma took wrestling lessons for the film.

Pre-production of the film started in October 2015 where Khan posted a photo of his character in the film on Facebook. Principal photography of the film started in December 2015 at ND Studios, Karjat and JW Marriott Mumbai, where the film's first schedule was filmed. Filming of the first schedule had been completed in late December 2015. Filming of the second schedule was started in January 2016 where Khan filmed for action sequences.

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