Salman khan is daring the scariest shot, wrestling with a lion in his upcoming picture, Veer. This is in order to rescue damsel in distress Lisa Lazarus.

Salman Khan is back in an action role after a very long time and he is leaving no stone unturned to make a memorable impact. He won’t fight the lion in a loincloth but in all his warrior costume glory.

So is Salman worried about the upcoming sequence? “No, not at all! Salman is a Veer in true sense. Besides, the lion which will be utilized for the shoot will be trained,” said a source.

Director Vijay Galani explained the scene, “The scene is a rescue act. Liza Lazarus (Miss UK Universe 2008) is on a hunting spree in the jungle. Suddenly, a lion attacks her. Salman spots her in trouble and fights the lion to save her.”

The fight scene will be shot abroad next month. “We have not decided on the foreign location, but it will surely not be shot in India. We don’t have very good facilities to shoot such scenes here.”

Salman has written the script and is very excited about the film. He often gives his creative inputs and this scene is no exception.

Salman, of course, is following a popular trend by doing a Dharmendra, who single-handedly took on a tiger in Maa (1976) and Kartavya (1979). However, Salman is not in the least bit daunted by the thought of living up to such formidable expectations and is ready to get down and dirty with the beast

“The scene was always there in the original script but we had reserved the shooting for the end. We will need three days to film the scene with the lion. Salman is very excited about this. Ditto for Liza,” said the director.

Veer, which is presented by Eros International and directed by Anil Sharma, also stars Mithun Chakraborty, Sohail Khan, Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta, Aryan Vaid and Bharat Dabholkar.