Sonu Sood reveals some interesting facts about Salman Khan’s Dabangg series which turned out to be one of the most loved movie series of Bollywood. Right from the first movie of the series, people fell in love with Chulbul Pandey. Not only this, other characters, Sonakshi Sinha as Rajjo, Arbaaz Khan as Makkhanchand ‘Makkhi’ Pandey and Vinod Khanna as Prajapati Pandey were also given equal appreciation. Sonu Sood, who played the role of villain Chhedi Singh, also emerged out as the favourite of the audience. But to our surprise, Sonu Sood recently revealed that he almost said no the antagonist role. Here is the reason why:
Talking about the same in India Today e-Mind Rocks 2020, Sonu Sood confessed revealed that he had re-written the role of the villain and added a comedy streak to the character. He told, “I almost said no to Dabangg. Abhinav Kashyap (director) told me that he has written this role of Chhedi Singh for me, and I told him I don’t like this role. I told him I will be a part of this film only if you let me rewrite my role. So I added a bit of a comedy streak in the character and said you can run it by Salman.”
The actor further told that Salman was not really happy with the comedy angle. “He (Salman) said, ‘Sonu you are a tough guy and if you do comedy the whole scene will go.’ So I enacted a scene in front of him, and he smiled after it, but he was still not convinced. So then I said, ‘Salman if you can laugh, the whole country will laugh at it too’. Finally, when the first trial of the film happened at Film City, Salman came to me and told me ‘Sonu you were right. Chhedi Singh has worked.’ So my writing skill also helped me conceive the character.”
Well, it is great that Sonu Sood managed to convince Salman Khan because Chhedi Singh’s eccentric dialogues made Dabangg even more likeable.
