Actor
Sonu
Sood
is
all
set
to
essay
the
role
of
Dawood
Ibrahim
in
Shootout
at
Wadala.
Earlier,
Vivek
Oberoi
was
signed
for
the
role
of
the
underworld
don.
But
he
had
a
fallout
with
Sanjay
Gupta.
Now,
Sonu
is
playing
Dawood,
while
John
Abraham
and
Anil
Kapoor
appear
as
gangster
Manya
Surve
and
ACP
Isaque
Bagwan,
respectively.
Talking
to
the
PTI,
Sonu
Sood
confirmed,
"I
am
playing
the
role
of
Dawood
Ibrahim
and
I
am
very
much
excited
about
this.
We
start
shooting
in
March." He
added,
"Before
I
start
shooting
I
would
do
all
the
necessary
homework
on
Dawood
Ibrahim.
I
have
started
collecting
books
and
other
necessary
materials
on
him,
also
I
intend
to
meet
all
those
people
who
have
known
him
or
spent
time
with
him."
Directed
by
Sanjay,
the
movie
is
a
sequel
to
2007
film
'Shootout
at
Lokhandwala'.
The
ensemble
cast
of
the
second
instalment
of
the
film
also
includes
Kangna
Ranaut,
Tusshar
Kapoor
and
Ronit
Roy.
The
film
will
dramatise
the
first
registered
encounter
by
Mumbai
police,
where
gangster
Surve
was
shot
dead
in
1982
in
Wadala.
It
goes
on
floors
in
March
and
will
release
in
December
this
year.
However,
characters
inspired
by
Dawood
Ibrahim
have
always
been
a
Bollywood
favourite
as
in
the
past
it
has
been
essayed
by
actors
like
Ajay
Devgn
in
Company,
Randeep
Hooda
in
D,
Vijay
Maurya
in
Black
Friday
and
others.
But
Sonu
says
he
would
not
leave
any
stone
unturned
to
play
this
iconic
character.