It had earlier reported that the third installment of ‘Dabangg’ which went on the floors on Monday in Maheshwar in Madhya Pradesh will be a cat-and-mouse game between Salman Khan and Kannada actor, Sudeep, who plays the antagonist. Now, we have learnt that for the first 13 days of the schedule the team will be based at Ahilya Fort where they are currently filming the title song, featuring Salman’s Chulbul Pandey in a larger-thanlife avatar and 500 back-up dancers. “This will be followed by an action sequence on bikes involving Chulbul and his brother, ‘Makkhi’ (played by actor-producer Arbaaz Khan). It will end with a week-long shoot in Mandeshwar,” informs a source close to the development.

Directed by Prabhudheva, this time the cop caper is set in two different eras and will have Salman in two different looks shuttling between the past and the present. “In his back story, which is a kind of prequel, Chulbul will be shown as a local goon with a heart of gold and a lengthy flashback will cover his metamorphosis into a Robin Hood cop. The conflict in the present with Sudeep is connected to his past before Chulbul got into uniform,” adds the source, saying that despite being an action thriller, the film will have plenty of drama and humour. “Everything that the brand is synonymous with has been retained and adapted keeping modern-day sensibilities in mind.”

Salman shared his excitement with a video on Twitter, minutes after Arbaaz and he touched down in Indore where they were born and where their grandfather worked during his tenure with the police force. The franchise took off in 2010 with Abhinav Kashyap at the helm and brought cop films back in vogue. The sequel, directed by Arbaaz, was equally successful. Prabhudheva who has picked up the baton this time around, had last directed Salman in 2009 in Wanted. While Sonkashi Sinha returns as Rajjo, Part 3 will have another actress in pivotal role who is a part of Chulbul’s past and has an integral role in carrying forward Dilip Shukla’s story. Music is by Sajid-Wajid. The film also features Rajesh Sharma in a pivotal role and Nawab Shah as the baddie alongside Sudeep.

“After the MP schedule, the team moves to Wai in Maharashtra for a marathon 80-day schedule. The plan is to release it in December, around Christmas.

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com