Sharman Joshi ran into Salman Khan and, during their conversation, told him that he is not making any films at present. At the same time, Salman Khan told him he is working on Sikandar.
Salman Khan and Rashmika Mandhana join forces for the first time.
Rashmika was criticised for her performance in the film.
(2000) There was a shelved film from Picture Perfect Productions entitled "Sikander". It starred Sunny Deol (replacing Chandrachur Singh), Tabu, Deepti Bhatnagar, Rahul Dev, Mukesh Rishi and Nirmal Pandey. The screenplay was by Cigmanshu Golya, with dialogue by Dilip Shukla and music composed by Aadesh Shrivastava. It was produced by Randeep Arya and written and directed by Sunil Bohra.
Salman and Sanjay Kapoor have reunited after many years; they previously collaborated on the film Auzaar.
On the day it was released, an unauthorised pirated copy of the film surfaced online.
Off-screen, there is a 31-year age difference between Salman Khan and Rashmika.
Sikandar (2025) is the first film to bring Rashmika Mandhana and Salman Khan together. Their pairing drew widespread attention owing to the 31-year age gap between them, and to the fact that Rashmika's father is three years younger than Salman Khan.
The film was leaked across numerous websites that very day.
Sharman Joshi and Salman had previously worked together on Hello, although Salman only made a cameo appearance in that film.
Sharman Joshi plays a supporting role opposite Salman Khan.
Nawab Shah portrays a character called Virat Bakshi — the same name held by Akshay Kumar's role in Holiday (2014), another action film directed by A.R. Murugadoss.
This represents Sharman Joshi's inaugural on-screen collaboration with Salman Khan.
The film premiered on a Sunday, on the day of Eid. This was highly unusual, as films seldom open on a Sunday.
The film was criticised for its incoherent storyline and clumsy execution.
Kishore Kumar G made his debut in Hindi-language cinema.
This film ranks among the least impressive of Salman Khan's career.
Salman Khan was criticised for exhibiting sleepwalking and for appearing older in the film.
The film is set for release on Sunday 30 March 2025, on the eve of Gudi Padwa, with the weekend extended to encompass Eid on 31 March 2025.
Prateik is collaborating with Salman on a film for the first time.
(1993) This was a shelved film from Roopvati Pictures — Roopvati Bohra's "Sikander". It starred Sunil Shetty and Shilpa Shirodkar, with music by Dilip Sen and Sameer Sen, and was produced and directed by Surendra Kumar Bohra.
The film was postponed to 30 March, instead of its originally scheduled Friday release on 28 March.
Prior to the film's release, A.R. Murugadoss maintained that its screenplay was entirely original.
This marks Salman's first collaboration with Satyaraj.
Like A. R. Murugadoss's Bollywood directorial debut, Ghajini, this film also names its central character Sanjay.
Notably, the leading lady dies just as she was about to tell Sanjay that she was pregnant, a parallel to Kalpana's death in Ghajini, which occurs at the very moment Sanjay was about to reveal his true identity to her.
Realising the poor word of mouth would affect the film once the festive season ended, many theatres began to cut back on the film's screenings and replace its showings with successful holdover releases.
S.V. Combines' shelved film "Sikandar" (1990) starred Mahendra Sandhu, Hemant Birje, Rohan Kapoor, Swapna, Archana Joglekar, Sreepradha, Suparna, Amjad Khan and Kiran Kumar. The music was by Anand-Milind and the film was directed by B. Satish.
Navdeep Gujjar, who appeared in the television serial Udne Ki Asha and took on numerous small roles in films, had no lines in this film; he played one of Salman's henchmen.
