Mumbai, May 27 (UNI) Actors Arvind Swami, Prakash Raj, and Karthikeya are front runners to play villain in Bollywood's Dabangg star Salman Khan's upcoming "Sikandar".

Director AR Murugadoss has planned many spectacular action scenes, keeping the villain in mind.

On the occasion of Eid this year, Salman Khan announced his new action-thriller film 'Sikander'.

Rashmika Mandanna will be seen with Salman in the Rs 400 crore film.

Salman Khan has started preparing for "Sikandar" and is ready for his next action thrller. Pre-production work started last week, and the shooting for the first schedule of 'Sikander' is going to start in Mumbai.

Sajid Nadiadwala is the producer, and the film will be released in theaters next year on the occasion of Eid.

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