In a bid to be contemporary like last year's Brothers, it becomes a little too obvious. But the movie does get a bit hotch potch because it pushes the mixed martial arts scenario into the thick of things. The idea of love and ambitions and the friction that creates is the strength of Sultan.
That story was about professional pride between singers, this story is about love winning over arrogance in wrestling. It's a theme very similar to what was tackled in Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan's Abhimaan, many years ago. Sultan transforms from happy-go-lucky lover boy to serious athlete all because he wants to prove his worth to Arfa and woo her. They're both wrestlers and they both want to succeed at all costs. The story deals with Sultan's and Arfa's sacrifices and ambitions. She let's her man Sultan (Salman Khan) live a dream on her behalf. Anushka Sharma's Arfa, makes the traditional sacrifices in this story, but she doesn't do it for society or under pressure. The best part of Sultan's story is that it gives women characters respect. In terms of ingenuity and freshness, Sultan is average fare, but when it comes down to the strength of certain ideas at work, it does manage to keep a tight hold on its audience. Once the filmmaking formula does its job, the subtle moments of truthfulness and some decent dialogue hit a sweeping slam. While the story is just a retelling of many tales told before on celluloid, there is an honesty with which this movie drives its emotions and its intensity. There's a good side to Sultan, and there's a bad one too. Kangana Ranaut was also asked if she was offered Aamir Khan-Amitabh Bachchan starrer Thugs Of Hindostan, to which she responded, "I don't even know what the script is.Quick take: Formula entertainment with some good ideas 584 crore worldwide and became the seventh highest grossing Indian film of all time. Anushka Sharma featured opposite Salman in the movie.
The film narrates the story of a fictional wrestling champion, Sultan Ali Khan (Salman), whose successful career creates a rift in his personal life. Salman Khan's Sultan released during Eid last year.
Sultan, at that point of time, though it was a great character for a girl to play, I didn't see anything for me in that," she added. "Knowing today's times, I'll go for something which will stimulate my mind otherwise, I'll be just sleep walking through the film. That's why I didn't do it," PTI quoted the Queen actress as saying. "Coming from a double role space and doing so much more in my earlier films, I didn't want to demote myself to something which wasn't offering me so much. Speaking at the Jagran Cinema Summit, Kangana Ranaut said that the Ali Abbas Zafar-directed film 'wasn't offering much' to her and she didn't want to 'demote' herself after the success of her film Tanu Weds Manu Returns, reported news agency PTI. On Friday, the 31-year-old actress revealed why she turned down the offer to feature opposite superstar Salman Khan in Sultan. Kangana Ranaut's Simran released in theatres on FridayĪctress Kangana Ranaut has been trending on the Internet not only for her explosive statements against actors Hrithik Roshan and Aditya Pancholi in several interviews but also for her new video with All India Bakchod or AIB, in which she targeted filmmaker Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan and several others."It was a great character to play but I didn't see anything for me"."I'll go for something which will stimulate my mind," said Kangana.