Ali Abbas Zafar Listened To His Instincts To Choose Anushka Sharma Over This Actress For Sultan

It is well known that Anushka Sharma is essaying the role of a wrestler in Salman Khan starrer Sultan. Not many may know that previously, Parineeti Chopra, who has become fitter, leaner and stronger over the past few months, was being considered to play the female lead in the flick. Recently, director Ali Abbas Zafar told a leading daily the reason behind singling out the PK actress.

“All I will say is, when we were boiling down to things, there was a talk of Parineeti, because she had a body type. But I wanted Anushka because I just felt that. At the end of the day, as a director you can only go by your gut and instinct. And I went with that”, revealed the Mere Brother Ki Dulhan maker.

“The girl’s part in this film, it was imperative to get that right. For the longest time we wanted a new girl, I want to be very honest about that. We auditioned a lot of girls and we didn’t find the girl that we wanted for that character”, added the director.

Ali revealed that there is a very solid part of romance between Salman and the female lead in the film. The director believes that a fresh pairing always works best for romance. “We started looking at actresses who have not worked with Salman. On top of that, a girl also had to physically look a certain way because she is an athlete, and she had to be a good actress who could match the standard of Salman Khan. And if she was a star it’s even better. That is how after almost spending two-three months time figuring out who we want, we found Anushka”.

Talking about the female role, the filmmaker disclosed, “The idea was to create a character, who is as equal as the protagonist, so that even he feels that she is an equal to him. And because it is a sports film, we gave the same sport to the character, which gives an edge to the character”.

Source: s3.india.com