Mumbai, Sep 5: Dabangg girl Sonakshi Sinha will be playing a Bengali girl in Tigmanshu Dhulia's film Bullet Raja opposite Saif Ai Khan.
Sonakshi says, she loves Tigmanshu's films and is looking forward to working with him.
The film is based on the UP mafia and Sonakshi will play the role of a Bengali girl.
As soon as Saif returned to Mumbai, Tigmanshu had a lengthy meeting with him to discuss the heroine.
He was very keen to have Sonakshi on board and was convinced she could pull off the role with ease, reports Mumbai Mirror.
Apart from Sonakshi, Jimmy Shergill, who has worked with Tigmanshu in Saheb Biwi Gangster, has also been brought on board.
Sonakshi romanced Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in Dabangg and Rowdy Rathore.
Sonakshi whose film Son Of Sardar is all set for release this Diwali, has left for Muscat to shoot Milan Luthria's Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Part 2 along with Akshay.
Bullet Raja,produced by Brandsmith Motion Pictures,will go on floors by November.
