Salman Khan, who over the years has regularly churned out INR 100 crore, INR 200 crores, INR 300 crores, and INR 400+ crores at the box office with his blockbuster films had a rather average outing in 2018.
Salman only had one release in 2018, i.e., Race 3. A sequel to the ‘Race’ series of films, Race 3 cast also featured Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Bobby Deol, Daisy Shah, Freddy Daruwala, and Saqib Saleem. The movie released in theaters on Eid, 15th June 2018. It was panned by critics as being the worst movie of the franchise. The film eventually earned over INR 300 crores at the box office, but has not been termed as a big commercial success due to the increased budget of around INR 180+ crores.
Salman also made cameo appearances in 3 movies in 2018. He had a special appearance in Shahrukh Khan starrer ‘Zero’, Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se, and Chakri Toleti’s Welcome to New York.
Khan has been finalized to appear as the main lead in three movies, namely, Bharat, Dabangg 3, and Inshallah.
- Bharat: This Bollywood action-drama film is an official remake of the 2017 South Korean movie ‘An Ode to My Father’. In the movie, Salman Khan will essay the role of Bharat Kumar, from ages 18 to 70 years. Commencing from the 1940s, he will have 5 different looks, across 5 decades. Salman’s ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ look will be recreated in the film with the help of VFX.
- Katrina Kaif was cast as the female lead after Priyanka Chopra dropped out due to her engagement with Nick Jonas. Disha Patani will play the role of a trapeze artist while comedian Sunil Grover will play the character of Salman’s friend. Tabu, Jackie Shroff, and Aasif Sheikh also have major roles in the movie. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Bharat is being jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar, Atul Agnihotri, and Salman Khan.
- Shooting for the film commenced in June 2018. The teaser will be released on Jan 26, 2019. The film is slated to release in theaters on Eid, 5th June 2019.
- Taanaji – The Unsung Warrior – Salman Khan plays the role of ‘Shivaji Maharaj’ in Taanaji, the Unsung Warror. It is a small but special role in the prized biopic. Also read about upcoming movies of Ajay Devgan and Saif Ali Khan movies for 2019.
- Dabangg 3: Salman Khan will reprise the role of ‘Chulbul Pandey’ in the third installment of this popular Robinhood-cop franchise. The action drama will be directed by Prabhu Deva and Salman Khan will produce it. Sonakshi Sinha will reprise her role as the female lead. The film will release in 2020.
- Inshallah: This drama film will reunite Salman with Sanjay Leela Bhansali after over 10 years. Salman will play the role of Sahir Ludhiyanvi. The movie may release on Eid 2020.
It is rumored that Salman Khan may feature in the below listed films. However, nothing has been finalized as of Jan 2019.
- Kick 2: The second film of the action-comedy movie series will once again feature Khan as ‘Devil’. In Feb 2018, during the trailer launch of Baaghi 2, Producer Sajid Nadiadwala had confirmed that shooting for Kick 2 will commence in Jan 2019. He had also suggested that Jacqueline Fernandez may essay the female lead.
- Wanted 2: This sequel to the 2009 hit film Wanted has been delayed due to copyright problems. Prabhu Deva was chosen as the director and Salman Khan would have been the producer.
- Remo D’Souza’s untitled dance film: In this movie, Salman was supposed to play the role of a widower and a single father. Jacqueline Fernandez was the female lead.
- Kabir Khan’s untitled film: The next collaboration between Salman Khan and Kabir Khan has been tentatively titled Majdhaar (but not finalized). The drama-comedy film may have Deepika Padukone as the female lead, which will mean that she will be working opposite Salman for the first time in her acting career.
- Bollywood remake of Mohanlal starrer Pulimurugan: As per reports, Salman Khan is keen to remake Pulimurugan in Hindi. The Mohanlal starring movie has been one of the most successful and highest grossing Malayam films of all time.
- No Entry Mein Entry: This is a sequel to the Boney Kapoor produced hit comedy film of 2005, No Entry. Salman Khan has reportedly confirmed the sequel, but there have been no official announcements to that effect.
- Sher Khan: Sohail Khan, Salman’s brother, had made an announcement that he will direct this action flick with Salman Khan as the main lead. Sohail will reportedly co-produce the film with Salman.
- Partner 2: This sequel to the 2007 hit comedy film Partner is also in the works. Salman Khan will star as the main lead and David Dhawan will produce and direct the movie. There is no information as to whether Katrina Kaif and Govinda, who starred in the original, will join the cast.
- Notebook: Salman Khan will not play the main lead in this romantic comedy. He will produce the film and launch Zaheer Iqbal, the son of one of his good friends. Pranutan Bahl, the daughter of Mohnish Bahl and the granddaughter of Nutan, will play the female lead. Nitin Kakkar will direct the film. Notebook is set to release in theaters on March 29, 2019.
