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Sultan to compete for top honors at Shanghai Int'l Film Festival

Sultan to compete for top honors at Shanghai Int'l Film Festival

New Delhi, Jun 15 (UNI) After wowing audiences in India, the Salman Khan-starrer 'Sultan' has been shortlisted to compete for top honours at the Shanghai International Film Festival this June. A biopic on the life of Olympian Indian wrestler Sultan Ali Khan, 'Sultan' , produced by Yashraj films, has entered in the Jackie Chan Action Movie Week section at the prestigious film festival, that focuses on quality cinema from China and South East Asia. Officials at Yashraj Films said Sultan’s entry in the Jackie Chan Action Movie Week section becomes special, given that action and fight sequences from this global region sets new standards in cinema everywhere. Speaking on the film's entry into the prestigious film festival, its director Ali Abbas Zafar said, “As a film, Sultan is a home grown story of a fighter and an underdog rooted in our country’s soil. The film’s action reflects this and has won popular opinion over in India. That China, a nation with a proud legacy of cinema and a priceless heritage of classic action and martial arts, has found it suitable to feature in an action competition section is huge gratification to us. We are excited and proud to be part of Shanghai International Film Festival.” Sultan has also been screened at the prestigious Busan International Film Festival and the IFFI Goa earlier. Starring Salman in the lead along with Anushka Sharma, Sultan combines classic Indian wrestling with an emotional, underdog story. UNI AR SW RSA 1716

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