Mumbai: Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has been finalised as the female lead opposite superstar Salman Khan for the upcoming film ‘Sultan’, said a statement from Yash Raj Films on Friday.

Anushka, who made her debut in Hindi cinema in 2008 took to Twitter, to share a photograph of herself hugging the ‘Dabangg’ star.

The ‘NH10’ actress captioned the image saying: ‘Sultan’.

Produced by Aditya Chopra and written-directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, ‘Sultan’,which has been shot in Karjat, is reportedly based on the life of a wrestler.

One of the fittest stars of Bollywood, Salman has gone through intensive training for wrestling and mixed martial arts for Zafar’s directorial with international action director Larnell Stovall.