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Mumbai: Actress Anushka Sharma during the launch of Best Ever Pantene in Mumbai, on July 29, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Image Credit: IANS

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has been finalised as the female lead opposite superstar Salman Khan for the upcoming film Sultan, said a statement from Yash Raj Films on Friday.

Sharma, who made her Hindi cinema debut in 2008, took to Twitter to share a photograph of herself hugging the Dabangg star.

The NH10 actress captioned the image saying: “Sultan”.

Produced by Aditya Chopra and written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Sultan is reportedly based on the life of a wrestler.

Khan has gone through intensive training in wrestling and mixed martial arts with international action director Larnell Stovall.

Sultan is slated to release in India on Eid 2016.