Prior to his last offering Tubelight that turned out to be a huge disaster, Salman Khan had scored a huge success with his wrestling flick Sultan directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. Costarring Anushka Sharma and produced by Yashraj films, Sultan was one of the biggest Blockbusters of 2016, next only to Aamir Khan's 2000 crore hit Dangal.
Now, reportedly the south remakes of Sultan have been Kickstarted, and the makers have started negotiations with actor Surya for the Tamil version, and for the Telugu version, they've approached Victory Venkatesh, who has had a good track record of successful remakes. It must be noted that Few years before Venky had starred in the Telugu remake of Salman Khan's Bodyguard and achieved success.
Currently, Venkatesh has committed himself to a project directed by Bommarillu Bhaskar, and it is expected that he might take up Sultan remake after wrapping up Bhaskar's flick. Victory Venkatesh last scored a decent hit with Guru by Sudha Kongara, the remake of Tamil Superhit Irudhi Suttru, costarring Ritika Singh.