July 2 (AZINS) Salman Khan has been continuously posting gym videos on his Instagram handle. The reason why the actor is suddenly actively working out happens to have a link with his Dabangg 3 character, if latest reports are anything to go by.

Salman Khan will go back and begin shooting for his flashback scenes from the movie. Pinkvilla goes on to report that the actor had to lose as much as seven kilos for the movie.

"He has to prepare for the next schedule of Dabangg 3. He has always maintained a certain level of fitness but for the third schedule which goes on floors in July, Salman will be sporting a much sharper and chiseled look," a source told the portal.

"For the prequel portions, Salman will have to look younger as the scenes will be about the time when he had not become a police office. He also will have another leading lady. Mahesh Manjrekar's daughter Ashwami Manjrekar will be launched with D3," added the source, also mentioning, "He needs to extremely lean and fir. He is rigorously hitting the gym as he has to lose around 7 more kilos to achieve the desired look."

Directed by Prabhudheva, Dabangg 3 also stars Sonakshi Sinha and Arbaaz Khan in pivotal roles. Salman Khan, on the other hand, has movies like Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Inshallah with Alia Bhatt, Sajid Nadiadwala's Kick 2 (most likely with Jacqueline Fernandez) and Tiger sequel on the cards. The actor had also confirmed that he has acquired rights of The Veteran adaptation. His name has also been linked to Andaz Apna Apna sequel.