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Published 22:00 IST, January 17th 2019

‘Is this real? Let me wake up’: Sudeep after Salman Khan praises ‘Pailwaan’ teaser; other stars left amazed too

The teaser of ‘Pailwaan’ where we see popular Kannada star Sudeep brilliantly showcasing his chiselled body and a wrestling move left stars from numerous film industries impressed. Even Salman Khan, who starred in the wrestling drama ‘Sultan’, praised the actor.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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The teaser of ‘Pailwaan’ where we see popular Kannada star Sudeep brilliantly showcasing his chiselled body and a wrestling move left stars from numerous film industries impressed. Even Salman Khan, who starred in the wrestling drama ‘Sultan’, praised the actor. 

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The superstar lauded Sudeep for taking to ‘another level’ what they had started with ‘Sultan’ and conveyed his good wishes to the ‘Pailwaan.’ 

Sudeep was left amazed that the ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ star tweeted and replied wondering if he needed to wake up to believe if the latter indeed praised him. He added that the ‘Sultan’s tweet made just made his day and sent 'hugs' to him.

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Not just Salman, even other stars of Bollywood like Riteish Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, south celebs like Sidharth, Parul Yadav, Ram Gopal Varma, Prabhudeva tweeted about it. 

Suniel Shetty, who is also a part of the movie and Ravi Kishan, who said that he’s releasing the movie in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and that he’ll dub for his voice in Bhojpuri, were among the others who loved the teaser. 

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The stars conveyed how much they enjoyed the teaser with words like ‘fantastic,’ ‘amazing’, ‘massive’, ‘absolute mass’, ‘high on swag’ and many felt it was already a ‘winner;’  and a ‘blockbuster'on its way. 

They praised Sudeep by saying, ‘What power!’ and wrote how they were proud of him for ‘nailing it’ with his ‘tremendous versatility’, ‘super inspiring stuff’ and terming him as ‘Sultan of Pailwaans.’ Conveying their good wishes, the stars expressed how excitement about 'big scale movies' in Sandalwood and how they were ‘dying’ for the movie to hit the theatres. 

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Check out the reactions here: 

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'Pailwaan' has been directed by Krishna and also stars Aakanksha Singh, Sushant Singh, Kabir Duhan Singh, Sharath Lohitashva, among others.

21:46 IST, January 17th 2019