Salman introduces the antagonist of Dabangg 3

Salman Khan unveiled the first look of the antagonist of his upcoming flick Dabangg 3. Kiccha Sudeep has been assigned to star the role which will mark his comeback to Hindi cinema after Rakta Charitra 2.

Mumbai: Dabangg 3 starrer Salman Khan shared the first look of the star who will feature the role of an antagonist in the upcoming flick. Kiccha Sudeep has been assigned to star the role.

Salman introduced Kiccha Sudeep on his Twitter handle. Sharing the first look of the villain, he wrote, "Villain jitna bada ho, usse bhidne mein utna hi mazaa aata hai. Introducing Sudeep Kiccha as Balli in Dabangg 3. #KicchaSudeepInDabangg3 (sic)."

In the poster, Sudeep looks menacing in the red backdrop as he stands amidst the chaos. Sudeep will be seen as Bali, the antagonist in Dabangg 3.

Female lead Sonakshi Sinha also shared the picture on her Twitter handle and wrote, "Meet Sudeep Kiccha aka Balli as Chulbul Pandey's nemesis in #Dabangg3 #KicchaSudeepInDabangg3 (sic)."

On Monday, Salman Khan announced the wrap up of the flick and also paid tribute to the late veteran actor Vinod Khanna. He shared a video in which the whole team can be seen standing with the entire cast.

In the third film of Dabangg, Prajapati Pandey will be playing the role of Chulbul Pandey's father which was earlier played by Vinod Khanna, in the previous two instalments.

Besides Salman, Sonakshi and Sudeep, the flick also stars Saiee Manjrekar, Arbaaz Khan, Mahie Gill, Tinnu Anand and Nikitin Dheer among others.

Dabangg 3 marks Sudeep’s comeback to Hindi cinema after Rakta Charitra 2, which was directed by Ram Gopal Varma.

The flick is helmed by Prabhu Deva and jointly produced by Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan.

Shifting the release date from the occasion of Eid close to Christmas for the first time, this Salman Khan starrer is all set to hit the screens on December 20, 2019.