Salman Khan training for 3.5 hours daily for his next with Karan Johar- 'The Bull', details inside

In 2023, Salman Khan ruled the Diwali season with his blockbuster movie Tiger 3. Well, this has indeed piqued the audience’s excitement to watch the superstar back on the screens and interestingly, the superstar didn’t make his fans wait for long and announced his next with Dharma Productions, titled, Bull. The team kickstarted the mahurat shot in Mumbai on December 29, and the superstar is undergoing extensive physical prep, even training with paramilitary forces. As per the source, “ Salman Khan to play Brigadier Farukh Bulsara, who led Operation Cactus in 1988 in the Maldives. He will be a paramilitary officer in the upcoming Dharma project, to begin filming in February. The superstar is undergoing rigorous physical training to play the character of Brigadier Bulsara.” The superstar is training for 3.5 Hours daily to get into the skin of the character. Ofcourse with a minor change in his diet. Source added. Vishnu Varadhan’s directorial The Bull will present a retelling of Operation Cactus wherein the Indian Armed Forces, on November 3, 1988, assisted the Maldives in reclaiming control following a coup attempt led by businessman Abdullah Luthufi and the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE). The Indian forces efficiently neutralized the mercenaries and restored control to President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s government within hours. Karan Johar wishes Salman Khan on his 58th birthday Karan shared a still of Salman Khan as Aman Mehra from his 1998 film. Along with that, he penned a long note, recalling how Salman approached him at a party and promised to play the key role. “A massive movie star came up to me and asked me why I was standing by a corner… I told him I had been to several actors for a part but was politely rejected,” Karan wrote. Mentioning that Salman’s sister Alvira Khan Agnihotri is close to him, the filmmaker added that it was due to her that the Dabangg actor was convinced to meet him the next day to hear the story. “In my wildest dreams, I never imagined I would even get the opportunity of a narration … I went with a prayer in my heart and a deep desire for a miracle and narrated the first of the film like my life depended on it,” Karan wrote further adding that he was worried that Salman might think he was being offered SRK’s role. It was then that  Salman said that the role was special for him as he knew Karan’s father and was doing the film for him. “I am deeply grateful to Alvira and my father’s goodwill for making sure I had the perfect Aman and SALMAN KHAN in my debut film! Gestures and stories like this just don’t happen today!” Karan concluded while wishing Salman Khan on his birthday.