The film stars Salman Khan in the titular role and Anushka Sharma, along with Amit Sadh and Randeep Hooda.

It narrates the story of Sultan Ali Khan, a fictional pehlwani wrestler and former world wrestling champion from Haryana whose successful career has created a rift in his personal life.

The film received highly positive reviews from critics, who hailed Khan's performance and Zafar's direction.

Sultan Ali Khan, a middle-aged former wrestling champion, lives a lonely life in the town of Rewari, Haryana.

Aakash Oberoi, the founder of Pro Takedown, a private mixed martial arts league, funded by Mr. Patel, is encouraged by his father to recruit Sultan to salvage its popularity.

Sultan fell in love with Aarfa Hussain, a state-level wrestler and daughter of a local wrestling coach.

In the present, Aakash promises Sultan that the tournament's prize money will go towards fulfilling his dream of opening a blood bank.

In the final round, Sultan overcomes his pain to defeat his opponent and ultimately wins the tournament.

Reunited with his wife, Sultan opens a blood bank using the prize money, and Aarfa resumes wrestling.

[8][9] To prepare for the film, Khan underwent wrestling training under the guidance of Larnell Stovall.

[10][11][12] In October 2015, there were reports of American actor Sylvester Stallone being cast in the film as Khan's on-screen coach.

[citation needed] In December 2015, Randeep Hooda was later signed to play the role of Khan's coach in the film.

[citation needed] The role of Aarfa Ali Khan was offered to Deepika Padukone but she turned it down.

[19] In January 2016, Anushka Sharma was signed to play the female lead role opposite Khan.

[33] In late April 2016 the lead actor Salman Khan was seen riding a scooter as a part of shooting in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

The bonus track "Raula Paye Gaya," which was sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was released on 30 June 2016.

[citation needed] As of 3 August 2016[update], the movie grossed ₹416 crore in India and $24 million overseas,[37] becoming the fourth-highest-grossing Indian film of all time.

[41] On its day of release, Sultan received an average of 70% audience occupancy[42] and netted approximately ₹36.54 crore.

[citation needed] Sultan's total overseas gross at the end of the third weekend stood at approximately $22.57 million (₹151.2 crore).

Kislay Chaudhary, a private investigator, claimed that the links of the 2-hour-36-minute-long movie were available, and shared the screenshot of the same with Mail Today.