Dabangg 3 is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Salman Khan under Salman Khan Films and Saffron Broadcast & Media Limited, as an Arbaaz Khan Production. A circumquel to Dabangg (2010) and Dabangg 2 (2012), it serves as the third installment in the Dabangg film series and stars Salman, Sonakshi Sinha and Arbaaz reprising their respective characters with Kannada actor Sudeepa as the antagonist, Saiee Manjrekar in her debut role and Pramod Khanna stepping in as a replacement for his late brother Vinod Khanna, who played the brothers' father. Written by Salman, the story follows corrupt cop Chulbul Pandey's journey of conflict when he comes across an old ruffian, Bali Singh, whose plain sight refreshes his memory in a trudge down the past, u