‘Sultan’ director welcomes Anushka Sharma on board

“Just wrapped first day of shoot with @AnushkaSharma. Team @SultanTheMovie welcomes you on board,” Zafar tweeted on Friday (January 22) morning.

Just wrapped 1st day of shoot with @AnushkaSharma . Team @SultanTheMovie welcomes you on broad …:)

— ali abbas zafar (@aliabbaszafar) January 21, 2016

The “NH10” actress was announced as the lead actress of the superstar Salman Khan starrer earlier this month.

An “excited” Anushka too tweeted: “New beginnings … New journey… Heading for the first day of #Sultan shoot. Excited! Here we go.”

New beginnings … New journey .. Heading for the first day of #Sultan shoot . Excited !! Here we go .. !! 👊🏼

— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) January 21, 2016

One of the fittest stars of Bollywood, 50-year-old Salman has gone through intensive training for wrestling and mixed martial arts for Zafar’s directorial with international action director Larnell Stovall.

Produced by Aditya Chopra under his Yash Raj Films banner, “Sultan” is slated to hit the screens on Eid in 2016.