Actor-producer
Arbaaz
Khan
says
they
are
currently
scripting
the
third
part
of
Dabangg
and
are
yet
to
lock
female
actors
except
for
Sonakshi
Sinha.
Ever
since
the
third
part
of
Salman
Khan-starrer
was
announced,
there
were
reports
on
the
addition
of
female
cast
members,
including
Parineeti
Chopra
and
Mouni
Roy.
Asked
if
the
cast
has
been
finalised,
Arbaaz
told
PTI,
"Sonakshi
Sinha
is
definitely
going
to
be
there.
Apart
from
her
even
I
don't
know
who
will
be
there.
We
will
cast
according
to
the
script,
which
is
currently
in
development."
Arbaaz
Khan
says
the
team
is
aiming
to
start
Dabangg
3
by
the
middle
of
this
year.
Dabangg
3
will
be
about
how
Salman's
character
and
how
he
turned
into
'Chulbul
Pandey'.
While
Arbaaz
Khan
had
turned
director
with
Dabangg
2,
the
third
part
will
be
helmed
by
filmmaker
Prabhudeva.
The
50-year-old
actor
says
though
he
won't
be
directing
the
Dabangg
franchise
this
time,
he
yearns
to
be
behind
the
camera
and
helm
a
film.
"I
am
itching
to
direct
a
film.
I
would
love
to
do
so.
Hopefully
when
I
get
something
exciting,
a
great
script
which
I
want
to
direct,
I
will
do
it.
As
of
now
I'll
focus
on
acting
and
production.''
Talking
about
Dabangg
3,
Salman
had
earlier
told
a
web
portal,
"The
script
of
Dabangg
3
is
ready.
It's
going
to
start
during
Bharat,
which
is
Atul
and
Alvira's
(Agnihotri)
film
that
Ali
(Abbas
Zafar)
is
directing.
That
starts
after
Remo
D'souza's
film
(Race
3).
Atul's
film
requires
some
gaps.
So
between
the
schedules
for
Atul's
film,
I
will
shoot
for
Dabangg
3."
"So
it's
Chulbul
Pandey
now
and
then
-
what
has
gone
on
in
his
life
before
part
one
and
two.
The
flashback
will
show
how
Chulbul
Pandey
actually
became
Chulbul
Pandey.
The
remaining
part
will
be
about
what
he's
up
to
now."
When
asked
about
Arbaaz
Khan
directing
the
film,
Salman
had
said,
"He
gets
very
hyper
so
we
asked
him
to
chill
and
take
rest.
He
will
produce
the
film
this
time.''
(With
inputs
from
PTI)