In a recent episode of Bigg Boss 15, Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur were up to promote their upcoming film Jersey, where the two had a fun banter with Salman Khan, and meanwhile, Salman Khan made a revelation that it was Mrunal Thakur who was the original co-star for him in Sultan.
Salman Khan said, “She (Mrunal) had come to the farm to meet me. Ali (Ali Abbas Zafar, the director) leke aaya that inko. (Ali had brought her to meet me).” He added, “Uss waqt he pehelwaan type lag hi nahi rahi thi. (She didn’t look like a wrestler at all),” the Tiger 3 actor said and everyone broke into laughter. Mrunal reasoned that she had lost a lot of weight back then. “Anushka bhi nahi lagti thi” as stated in Bollywood Life.
The Radhe actor went on praising the actress and said that he always knew that she will do good in the film industry.