Sonu Sood will be seen playing the role of Pran in Zanjeer remake

Sonu Sood who is famous for his role in Dabangg & has got many awards for that will now be seen in another pivotal role. He will be seen playing the role of Pran Sahab in Zanjeer remake. Name of Pran in original Zanjeer movie was Sher Khan. This role was originally offered to Arjun Rampal but he opted out due to some date issues. We are yet to get any official announcement but Sonu has confirmed the news.

Zanjeer released in the year 1973. It was directed by Prakash Mehra. The film featured Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Pran, Ajit, Ram Sethi, Om Prakash & Bindu. The movie was basically an action movie & after this movie Amitabh bachchan was called Angry Young Man of bollywood. The film collected 6 crore at the box office & became super hit.

The story of the film was written by Salim Javed & was produced under the banner of Prakash Mehra productions. The editing was done by Ramchandra Mahadik. Art director was J J Bhende. Cinematographer was N Satyen. Ravi Khanna & Virendra Kumar were the stunts director. The costume & Wardrobe was designed by Vasant Mahajan & Sankar Jadav. Satyanarayan was the choreographer. Kalyanji Anandji were the music director. The songs were written by Gulshan Bawra. The playback singers were Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammad Rafi.

Among these three of them won national award for this movie. Salim Javed won the Filmfare Best Story award & the Filmfare best screenplay award. Gulshan Bawra won the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award for the song “Yari Hai Imaan Mera Yaar Meri Zindagi”. And Filmfare Best Editing Award was given to R Mahadik.

In the year 1980 the film was remade in Malayalam in the name of Naayattu which featured Jayan & Prem Nazir in the lead roles. The movie was directed by Sreekumaran Thampi.The movie became Super Hit at the box office.

Now in the year 2013 the film is again being remade which will also have the same name Zanjeer. The movie will feature Ram Charan Teja who will play the role of Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chpra will play the role of Jaya Bachchan, Sonu Sood will play the role of Pran, Prakash Raj will play the role of Ajit, Mahi Gill will play the role of Bindu & Ankur Bhatia will play the role of Om Prakash.

Priyanka Chopra will get a whopping 9 crore for the movie which will made her the highest paying actress in the bollywood film industry.

Now let us look into the life & career of Sonu Sood who will be playing the prestigious role of Pran Sahab in this movie.

Sonu Sood was born in Punjab in the year 1970 on 30th of July. He was earlier a model & then he became an actor. He completed studies in Nagpur. He has two sisters. His mother was a teacher. He studied Electronics engineering in Nagpur. The name of his wife is Sonali & they have a son whose name is Ishant.

He made his debut in the year 1999 with the film Kallazhagar. It was a telegu film became a huge hit. Then he did many telegu films most of them went on to become huge hits. In 2010 he played the role of a villain in Abhinav Kashyap's Dabangg which had Salman Khan as the main lead. This movie made history in Bollywood & his acting was also hugely praised by audience & critics.

Now he has grabbed this all important role in Zanjeer. We are all looking forward to this movie & especially the performance of Sonu Sood. Best of luck to him.