New Delhi: Actress Anushka Sharma has been topping the headlines since a while now. All thanks to her forthcoming movie ‘Sultan’ opposite superstar Salman Khan.
The actress will be seen playing the role of a wrestler in the movie.
The movie is indeed special for Anushka, not just because of her role, but also because this has made her the perfect ‘Khan’ girl.
Anushka has earlier worked with Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.
It was quite obvious that the ‘NH10’ actress was excited to work with Salman.
In fact, Anushka even recalled her first meeting with the ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ star and referred to it as ‘hatke’ during an interview to a leading daily.
“While I had met Salman socially a couple of times, I didn’t know him at all. I met him for the first time when we did a photoshoot to announce the film. He was working out at the YRF gym when I walked in and he was lying down on the ground and looking up. When you see Salman for the first time it has to be something hatke. It can’t be a standard thing of him standing and us saying hi/hello,” Anushka told a leading daily.
The actress also opened up on how she prepared for her role of Aarfa in Sultan, saying, “I had to work a lot on my body. I had turned vegetarian two years ago. If you have been a non-vegetarian all your life, you take your time to get used to being a vegetarian because now you are suddenly looking at these things on the menu. I met a nutritionist who told me I am supposed to eat, a high-protein veg diet. I had spirulina, which tastes disgusting, but I had to do it because it’s good for me! I had a lot of soya, tofu, paneer, peas, quinoa... People have this myth that only non-veg food builds up muscles. I don’t think that’s entirely true because I did it being a vegetarian. It was a very hectic time because while I was learning all these things, I was also shooting the film. Mornings, after waking up, I would train for a hour-and-a-half — and this included weight-lifting — and then, I would go shoot the entire day in the sun as we were shooting outdoors. After that, I used to come back to YRF Studios and practice wrestling for long hours. The only thing I had to ensure was that I was eating right and sleeping well because I had to recover also.”
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, ‘Sultan’ is all set to release on Eid next month.
