Salman’s Sultan to face off with SRK’s Raees on Eid 2016

Produced by Aditya Chopra and <g data-gr-id="20">written-directed</g> by Ali Abbas Zafar, Sultan will commence shooting in November and will release on Eid 2016.

“So Here is finally @BeingSalmanKhan in as “SULTAN” EID 2016,” Abbas Zafar posted on Twitter.

In “Sultan”, Salman is reportedly playing a wrestler. The leading lady of Sultan is still a secret. Shah Rukh-<g data-gr-id="27">starrer</g> <g data-gr-id="28">Raees</g>, which will see him romancing Pakistani beauty Mahira Khan, is an action-thriller, directed by Rahul Dholakia and produced by Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and Gauri Khan under the banners of Excel Entertainment and Red Chillies Entertainment.

Salman and Shah Rukh are back to being friends after their infamous fight in 2008. SRK indicated the thaw in their relationship by launching the first Look of Salman’s this <g data-gr-id="25">years’s</g> Eid release Bajrangi Bhaijaan with Aamir Khan. It is not the first time that the Karan Arjun actors are clashing at the box office. Don and Jaaneman had released on the Diwali of 2006.

Generally, the Khans, whose films are big ticket events, avoid releasing their films on the same date with Salman preferring Eid, Shah Rukh Diwali and Aamir for Christmas.