Monitoring Desk
MUMBAI: Some details of Salman Khan’s new collaboration with Karan Johar have surfaced.
Titled The Bull, the shoot was kicked off with the mahurat shot in Mumbai on December 29.
The film will be backed by Karan’s Dharma Productions, and directed by Vishnu Vardhan of Shershaah-fame.
As per a press note, Salman will play Brigadier Farukh Bulsara, who led Operation Cactus in 1988 in the Maldives.
He will essay a paramilitary officer in the movie and begin filming in February.
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 neutralised the mercenaries and restored control to President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom’s government within hours.
The press note also states that Salman is training for 3.5 hours every day to crack the physicality of the part.
