Sudeep is ready to take on Salman Khan today

Salman Khan’s Dabangg is one of the biggest franchises in Bollywood. And with its third instalment the makers have decided to broaden their horizons even further by dubbing it into multiple regional languages, including

Kannada

. One of the biggest draws that

Dabangg 3

has, as it releases today in Karnataka, is that Kichcha Sudeep is the antagonist in the tale. “Chulbul Pandey (Salman’s character) and his trademark style of sarcasm is the highlight of the franchise, and each of the films has been about providing entertainment. I play

Balli Singh

, the antagonist, and it is understood that Chulbul will emerge victorious in the end. But the question, of course, is how he gets the better of me and what our onscreen dynamic is like.
The film is being distributed in Karnataka in both its Hindi and Kannada versions by Manjunath Gowda, under his banner, Shalini Artss. “We are targeting 400 centres across the state. There is a healthy demand of both the Hindi and Kannada versions from exhibitors, which stems from the fact that a superstar from here is playing villain in Bollywood film after Makhi,” says Manjunath.