Salman and Sonam in a still from the trailer of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Salman Khan's Prem makes the mother of all comebacks in the first look of
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo which released on October 1. The grandeur of a Rajasthan palace awaits him, as does princess Maithali, played by actress Sonam Kapoor, who welcomes him with a dance to remember. (Also Read:
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The hashtag #PRDPTrailer refuses to budge from top of the Twitter trends even hours after the trailer's release.
The film's tagline was tweeted by Salman himself:
If nothing else, Sooraj Barjatya's eagerly-awaited film promises a royal cinema experience if the opulence, lavish song-and-dance sequences and extravagance is anything to go by. Salman, who looks quite the aristocrat in much of the two-minute long clip, plays the double role of a royal and a commoner.
He clearly deceives everyone, except for Sonam.
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, which reunites Salman with Sooraj Barjatya, the director responsible for his Prem persona in films such as
Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Koun and
Hum Saath Saath Hain, seems barely off the beaten path of those films.
'Prem' has been overshadowed rather in recent years by
Dabangg's Chulbul Pandey,
Kick's Devil and
Bajrangi Bhaijaan's Pawan. The last time Salman, 49, was named Prem on screen was in 2011's
Ready.
Produced by the Barjatya-owned Rajshri Productions and distributed by Fox Star Studios,
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo releases this Diwali and also features Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar, Deepak Dobriyal and Armaan Kohli in key roles.
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