Salman Khan has been topping the celebrity index for last few years consecutively and has also managed to keep the cash registers ringing with his films making big moolah at the box office. He has a long line of interesting projects in hand and not to say that he is also producing a number of films. The actor who always has a festival release up his sleeve has a favourite festival - Eid - to come out with his big release.

Among Salman's forthcoming projects is Dabangg 3, and as per sources in trade, it is slated for a Christmas 2019 release, making him cash on Eid (with Ali Abbas Zafar's Bharat) as well as X-mas next year.

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Dabangg 3 was reportedly supposed to go on floors by this month but now a trade portal has reported that the film will only start in November. With Dabangg 3 slated for a Christmas release and Bharat on Eid 2019, it makes it Salman’s year as he has already earmarked two major festival dates for his films' release.

Eid has always been Salman’s date but Christmas was usually favoured by Aamir Khan. However, next year it was Shah Rukh Khan who was looking forward to cash on the festive cheer by releasing his Rakesh Sharma biopic Salute, but the film has not started yet, and that is why Salman has made the best of this opportunity.

Dabangg 3 is the third film in the Dabangg franchise that was directed by Anubhav Kashyap and produced by Arbaaz Khan. The second installment was directed by Arbaaz himself. It also stars Sonakshi Sinha in the lead.