Dabangg 2

Salman Khan for the sequel to 2010's biggest hit DABANGG. Now that his superstar brother has given a go ahead to his second production, Arbaaz is working backwards to ensure that he has yet another blockbuster film up his sleeves

Plot outline

Dabangg 2 will centre around Chulbul Pandey as its central character. Only the backdrop this time round will be a posh metropolitan city and not a gaon. You see, Chulcul Pandey will be transferred to a city and will mingle with the elite, but will retain his simplistic flavour and values.

Description

Dabangg 2 is a forthcoming Indian masala film directed and produced by Arbaaz Khan. It stars Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles, with Prakash Raj playing the role of the main antagonist. It also has Vinod Khanna, Deepak Dobriyal and Nikitan Dheer in supporting roles. It is a sequel to the 2010 film Dabangg and is set in the city of Kanpur. The distribution rights were sold to UTV Motion Pictures for a price of 140 crore, the highest for a Bollywood film till date.

Development of the project commenced after the release of Dabangg, which became a commercial success. The main cast retained their roles except for Sonu Sood. Filming for Dabangg 2 commenced on 9 March 2012 in Kamalistan Studio in Mumbai. It is slated to release on 21 December 2012.

Cast:-

Salman Khan as Chulbul 'Robin Hood' Pandey
Sonakshi Sinha as Rajjo Pandey
Vinod Khanna
Prakash Raj
Deepak Dobriyal
Nikitin Dheer
Kareena Kapoor in an item Number
Rajat Rawail
Manzel Uprety in an Item Number

Production:-

Development:
Producer Arbaaz Khan has stated, "Yes, there's a 110% possibility that we will start "Dabangg 2", but when that will happen is yet undecided. See, Salman has several commitments to fulfill, so "Dabangg 2" will take some time to start. But it's definitely on the cards."On the film's DVD launch in October, the producer announced that Dabangg 2 will go on floors very soon. The original cast of Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and Sonu Sood will not be changed, however the story will be shifted to a larger city, possibly Mumbai.Salman may groove to Pag ghungroo baandh in one of Amitabh Bachchan's popular movies– Namak Halal.The director Abhinav Kashyap has reportedly opted out of the sequel.

Filming:-

Shooting for the film was slated to begin in March 2012.[12] The producers announced plans to shoot the film in Kanpur.[13] A set depicting the city of Kanpur was created at the Kamalistan Studios in Mumbai, where the first schedule of the film was shot.[14] The entire studio was rented for the film, making it a first in Bollywood.[15] The phase consisted of shooting a qawwali song under neon lights.[16] Following the shoot, filming is expected to take place in film city in Mumbai. The last schedule has been planned to be shot at Satara.[14] Three days after the film went on floors, it was reported that Salman Khan replaced cinematographer, K. K. Senthil Kumar, with Aseem Kumar.[17] A song titled "Seeti Baja Ke" was choreographed as a dance number and considered as an equivalent to "Munni Badnaam Hui" from Dabangg.[18] Reports indicating that Salman would essay an important involvement in the director's role were dismissed by Arbaaz.