The actor juggles careers on both sides of the Vindhyas, and has reportedly even used his connections in the south to attempt to give the popular Tamil film song, Appadi Podu, a Hindi twist. However, with Akshay Kumar all set to use the song for his film Naam Hai Boss , Sonu set his sights on another Telugu track from the film Arya, Aa Ante Amalapuram, for his next Hindi release, Maximum .

"I knew this song was going to be a rage and got the rights from Devi Sri Prasad to remake it in Hindi. It will kind of be the highlight of the film," says Sonu.

The actor, who is currently filming Shootout at Wadala in Mumbai in which he plays Dawood Ibrahim , is also set for the June releases of his two Telugu films, Julayi and Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?, and is attached to the Rajinikanth project Rana. However, reports about him walking out of the sequel to the highly successful 2010 film, Dabangg, in which he played Cheddi Singh , still abound.

While Sonu has said that he was not happy with the definition of his character in the Arbaaz Khan-directorial, there were also reports stating that the real reason that Sonu left the project was because he was miffed that his character would be overshadowed by that of Prakash Raj's. "No.

It's not about other characters. You know, when I saw what I was supposed to do in the film, somehow I was not able connect with it.

It's a brilliant script and I'm sure Arbaaz will do a great job. But since I've done one Dabangg, people will come with a lot of expectations from (my character) Cheddi Singh.

It was a mutual call that me and Arbaaz took to skip Dabangg 2 and get into Dabangg 3 when it happens," explains Sonu. Well, seeing that Salman has already proclaimed that Chulbul Pandey will be the Commissioner of the Mumbai Police, we wonder how things will pan out for Cheddi Singh.

Will Sonu do another Kannada film, seeing that his debut, the Sudeep-starrer Vishnuvardhana, was one of the biggest hits of 2011? "I've got some offers, but I can't take them up because of my (other) commitments. But I'd love to do a Kannada film.

I thoroughly enjoyed shooting for Vishnuvardhana and I hope I still do many more films in Kannada. I love to visit Bangalore, and this would give me a reason to come back again and again," he signs off (less)