{"id":564804,"date":"2026-03-27T17:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/564804\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:44:10","slug":"sonu-sood-on-skipping-salman-khans-dabangg-2-i-didnt-really-understand-the-part-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/564804\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonu Sood on skipping Salman Khan’s \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019; \u2018I didn\u2019t really understand the part\u2019 | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SonuSonu Sood recalls turning down \u2018Dabangg\u2019 at first, then reshaping his villain role with humour. He skipped \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019 due to a weak script despite Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan\u2019s offer, yet still attended its trial show. Prakash Raj replaced him as the main antagonist in the sequel. Sonu Sood<\/a> first major negative role in Hindi cinema came in the 2010 Salman Khan<\/a> hit \u2018Dabangg\u2019, though in a recent interview, he revealed he’d initially turned it down. He mentioned getting an offer for \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019 too, but this time he stuck to his decision, unhappy with the script unlike the original. The actor mentioned getting an offer for \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019 too from Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan<\/a>, but this time Sonu stuck to his decision, unhappy with the script unlike the original, politely excusing himself while wishing the team well and even attending the trial show at Salman\u2019s gracious invitation.<\/p>\n

Sonu Sood opens up on \u2018Dabangg\u2019 rapport with Salman Khan<\/p>\n

During an interview on Divya Jain\u2019s YouTube channel, Sonu opened up about his strong rapport with Salman Khan on the set of \u2018Dabangg\u2019. He explained that he first turned down the project due to discomfort with the role, but convinced director Abhinav Kashyap to revise it after some discussions. \u201cI refused Dabangg at first because I didn\u2019t really understand the part. Then I sat down with the director and I suggested a few changes. We sat together and we changed that character a lot, we added some humour to it and that is how it became entertaining,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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Sonu Sood nets \u20b93 crore profit after selling luxury Mumbai apartment <\/p>\n

Sonu Sood on villain role and avoiding money-driven films<\/p>\n

Sonu addressed doubt about taking on a villainous part by saying, \u201cI wasn\u2019t too bothered if he is positive or negative. I said if he brings a smile to people\u2019s faces and entertains them, then he is great. So we wrote it like that.\u201d Shifting to past regrets over movie picks or decisions to sign or skip films, the actor clarified he avoids projects driven by cash alone, noting, \u201cI have never done a film for money. Because if you say yes for the money, then you will always struggle on the set.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sonu Sood recalls rejecting \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019 offer from Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan<\/p>\n

He recalled politely rejecting Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan’s pitch to return for \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019 (2012), as the script didn’t click with him. \u201cFor Dabangg 2, Salman and Arbaaz wanted me on board. I didn\u2019t understand that script when I heard it the first time. I was hesitating a bit to say no at first. Then I thought that I must be upfront and say what I feel. I spoke to Arbaaz bhai,\u201d he said.\u201cI told him that I do not understand this role. He said it\u2019s good, we will do it, like we did in the first one. But I knew that I won\u2019t be able to repair it much so I excused myself and I wished them well and said that when you make it, I will be the first one to see it,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

Sonu Sood attends \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019 trial show with Salman Khan<\/p>\n

Even after Sonu passed on \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019, Salman Khan graciously called him for its premiere trial. \u201cI remember when they had the first trial show of the film, Salman bhai had called me. He was very generous and he said, \u2018Chhedi Singh, jo tune picture chhodi, dekhna chahega? (Chhedi Singh, will you watch the film that you left?)\u2019 I said I would love to see it. He said come on then and we watched it together,\u201d Sonu recounted.<\/p>\n

Sonu Sood replaced by Prakash Raj in \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019<\/p>\n

In \u2018Dabangg 2\u2019, Prakash Raj stepped into the shoes of the main antagonist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sonu Sood recalls turning down \u2018Dabangg\u2019 at first, then reshaping his villain role with humour. He skipped \u2018Dabangg…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[86579,79634,49,48,75,337,23000,3216,217811],"class_list":{"0":"post-564804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-abhinav-kashyap","9":"tag-arbaaz-khan","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-prakash-raj","15":"tag-salman-khan","16":"tag-sonu-sood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}