YRF casts Anushka Sharma opposite Salman Khan in ‘Sultan’

MUMBAI: Yash Raj Films has cast Anushka Sharma opposite Salman Khan in the upcoming movie Sultan. 

The movie, which is slated to release on Eid this year, is produced by Aditya Chopra and written-directed by Ali Abbas Zafar.

Sultan will see Khan essaying the role of a wrestler and the actor has been training with international action director Larnell Stovall for the same.

After being paired opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Aamir Khan in PK, this is the first time that Sharma will be sharing screen space with Salman Khan.