Salman Khan announces Sooraj Pancholi's 'Hero' release date

Bollywood star Salman Khan and filmmaker Subhash Ghai’s joint production 'Hero', featuring newcomers Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty, will release on September 4. Directed by Nikhil Advani, the film is a remake of Ghai’s 1983 movie of the same name. Sooraj, who is the son of Aditya Pancholi, and Sunil Shett’s daughter Athiya is stepping into the shoes of Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri respectively.

Salman, 49, took to twitter to announce the release date alongside a poster of the film featuring Sooraj. He posted:

With the film, the 'Kick' star is launching his own production house Salman Khan Productions. After lending his vocals to the hit song ‘Hangover’ in Kick, Salman Khan is all set to record yet another track for 'Hero'.