The race is on at Mumbai’s Mehboob Studio! Salman Khan is warming up for the first day of shooting of Remo D’Souza’s Race 3. And, indications are, he will kick-start this schedule with a song and dance number that will be choreographed by Remo himself, naturally.

This is Salman’s debut in the action-thriller franchise. He is co-producing it with Ramesh Taurani. But for the third installment, veteran directors Abbas-Mustan will make way for Remo. Shooting will begin on Thursday, but Peeping Moon.com got a scoop from the sets.
The construction of a long tunnel is underway which apparently leads into the locker room of a bank. The scene is a song, but it is also a heist, and Salman is the main feature of this number. His co-stars Jacqueline Fernandez, Bobby Deol and Daisy Shah will also shoot for the song on Day 1. According to sources, Salman is looking forward to start shooting for Race 3.

The actor plays a negative role in the film. This is Salman’s first full-fledged bad role. It won’t be like his ‘Devil’ character in Sajid Nadiadwala’s 2014 action film Kick who also commits heists but in a Robin Hood way by robbing the rich to help the poor. Interestingly, Jacqueline was also his co-star in Kick.

The song will be shot on a grand scale befitting Salman’s entry into the Race franchise. The tunnel being constructed is believed to be the longest created on a Bollywood set. Earlier films like Dhoom (2004) and Happy New Year (2014) also had heists in their plots, but this is going to be bigger and better.

Salman, who dislikes dancing on screen, will be seen shaking a leg to Remo’s choreography. Remo has managed to coax some kind of magic out of the actor in their earlier collaborations on songs like Selfie Le Le Re from Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2016) and the Radio song from Tubelight this year. Sources say, Remo’s technical brilliance and Salman’s uninhibited madness is bound to make the number a chartbuster and a treat for all Salman fans. The film is slated to release on Eid 2018.