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Salman Khan, who plays a wrestler in Ali Abbas Zafar-directed Sultan said that most of the fights in the film are real, without cables and with real wrestlers.
"When Ali narrated the story I thought I'll be able to do it. But then while doing it, opposite me were not fighters but real wrestlers. Most of the shots in the film are real, wrestlers and mixed marital artists, there are no cables and because of them there is a lot of contact happening in the film. When they lift you and put you down on the ground, it hurts, they were of 120-130 kilos," he said.
"They pick you up and throw you down. That was the most difficult part. Wrestlers train train for 2-3 hours and then 2-3 hours again in the evening and then training for MMA. And then there's the 6-7 hours of shoot every day non-stop, fighting non-stop. Those hours of shooting and training, it took a toll," Salman added.
Salman plays the title character in the film, a wrestler, who goes on to win the gold medal for India. He leaves wrestling and returns to the sport after some time age and an unfit body become hurdles for him. Then he was coached by Randeep Hooda's character and reaches the big stage.
Is it inspired from a real-life character?"No, it's not from anywhere. This is from his (Zafar) mind. It is the story of an underdog."
Actress Anushka Sharma plays his love interest in the film, who is also a wrestler.
Salman said,"He is a simple man who has no ambition. He sees a feisty girl and falls in love with her. She's a wrestler, he's a nobody but he feels whenever I get married, it will be to her. That falls flat because she is so strong-headed. She missunderstands him.
"Then it's all about Sultan, how he goes down, and how he comes back with the help of the woman he loves. How the woman is responsible for making him, breaking him, and because of her how he starts making it again."
