He guided me.Here’s the real reason why Salman Khan went out of his way to make Sultan a wrestlers’ guide to victory. As a child Salman watched them in the akhada. It’s about felling your opponent through technique.”.”But there’s more to Salman ’s fascination for wrestling. “I went to him for a narration.Zafar is perhaps the youngest director that Salman Khan has worked with recently. “For the entire shooting spell of Sultan, Salim saab and Salman’s family adopted me as one of their own. He lost and put on weight. He doesn’t change into a different person when two people walk into the room. There were days when he would visit the doctor before coming to the shoot. But I never felt like I was alone in Mumbai. He Wholesale LED vehicle strip lights surrendered completely to the part. So he knows the wrestlers’ moves.”Zafar is blown by his actor’s dedication on the job and off it too. He is absolutely genuine. I get goosebumps when I see that sequence where he stands in front of the mirror staring at his paunch. Some of Salim saab’s cousins in his hometown Indore were wrestlers. My parents are in Dehradun. After that everything fell into place,” he recalls.

Not once during the shoot did he make me feel small. “Salman comes from a family of wrestlers,” reveals Sultan director, Ali Abbas Zafar, whose earlier box office outings include Mere Brother Ki Dulhan and Gunday. It was like shooting choreographed fights.”Zafar lights up at the mention of Salman’s family too. Wrestling is very Indian and unlike boxing it’s not about hurting your opponent. “I love outdoor sports. I could come and go as and how I wanted to in their home. Salman is like an elder brother to me now. Ali Abbas ZafarHere’s the real reason why Salman Khan went out of his way to make Sultan a wrestlers ’ guide to victory. He heard me for 30 minutes and said it sounded good. Salman also gained and lost huge amounts of weight in very little time. It’s not a bloodied sport. He continues, “I don’t think Salman has given so much of himself to any film so far. He admits that he couldn’t believe his ears when the megastar agreed to be part of his film.The director clearly feels strongly about wrestling. He practised mixed martial arts for two months and by the end of that time, he knew every move in the akhada. “You see, Salman’s family is no stranger to wrestling.”So did he have a fanboy moment on the set “There are no masks and pretences when you’re dealing with him. The doctor would advise him against shooting, then I’d also offer to cancel the shoot, but he’d insist that we carry on as planned. He learnt the Haryanvi language.