Everyone's favorite corrupt cop Chulbul Pandey is back. Salman Khan will be dawning the cop avatar yet again and will be seen in his cop avatar and will return as Chulbul Pandey in the third installment of Dabangg.  The much-awaited Dabangg 3 will kickstart in April, confirming the news producer Arbaaz Khan had stated that the film will be directed by Rowdy Rathore fame Pradbhudeva. 

Currently, Salman is shooting his film 'Bharat' helmed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film is being shot in Film and the crew has set recreated a Delhi set from the '50s and '60s for the last schedule for the film.

However, shooting locations are still being contemplated for the film's shooting. The latest buzz making the rounds is that Dabangg 3 is inspired by the real-life story of a cop based in Noida, there are also reports stating that the film is a remake based on real-life incidents. Arbaaz is tight-lipped and wanted to maintain secrecy about the film.  Salman Khan and Prabhudeva have earlier worked in the 2009 flick 'Wanted' which raised the bar for Salman Khan.