Mumbai: Sonu Sood, whose career has been on the upswing after acting with Hrithik Roshan in ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ and Akshay Kumar in ‘Singh Is Kinng’ and now he is going to star alongside Salman Khan in Arbaaz Khan’s home production ‘Dabangg’.

Speaking about this new role, Sonu said, “Yes, I am doing ‘Dabangg’. It’s an action drama which centers around the crime scene in U.P. and Bihar. I can't reveal too much about my character but I play a youth leader with grey shades.”

It is heard that Sonu, who also has a chiseled physique, would be seen in a bare-chested fight sequence opposite the original ‘Muscle Man’ Salman Khan. The actor added, “Yes there is a lot of action in the film and this is one of the fight sequences in the film.”