Sonu Sood Reveals He Almost Rejected Salman Khan’s Dabangg Because He Didn’t Like Chhedi Singh’s Role

Salman Khan’s Dabangg series is undoubtedly one of the most loved movie franchises of Bollywood. When the first installment released, fans not only fell in love with Chulbul Pandey, but also enjoyed watching Sonakshi Sinha as Rajjo, Arbaaz Khan as Makkhanchand ‘Makkhi’ Pandey and Vinod Khanna as Prajapati Pandey. Sonu Sood, who played the role of villain Chhedi Singh, also became an instant favorite of the audience and the film went on to emerge as one of the biggest hits of his career. But did you know that Sonu almost said no to the antagonist’s role?

Talking about the same in India Today e-Mind Rocks 2020, Sonu revealed that he re-wrote the role of the villain and added a comedy streak to the character. He shared, “I almost said no to Dabangg. Abhinav Kashyap (director) told me that he has written this role of Chhedi Singh for me, and I told him I don't like this role. I told him I will be a part of this film only if you let me rewrite my role. So I added a bit of a comedy streak in the character and said you can run it by Salman.”

The actor went on to reveal that Salman didn’t really like the comedy angle. “He (Salman) said, ‘Sonu you are a tough guy and if you do comedy the whole scene will go.’ So I enacted a scene in front of him, and he smiled after it, but he was still not convinced. So then I said, ‘Salman if you can laugh, the whole country will laugh at it too’. Finally, when the first trial of the film happened at Film City, Salman came to me and told me ‘Sonu you were right. Chhedi Singh has worked.’ So my writing skill also helped me conceive the character.”

Well we are so glad that Sonu managed to convince Salman because Chhedi Singh’s quirky dialogues were a major highlight of Dabangg!