Later Advani began the principal photography of the film on 16 February 2014 at the Gateway of India. On 7 January 2014 Khan set the film to start shooting on 18 February. On 19 September 2013 it was announced that both Pancholi and Shetty are currently undergoing training to start the film's production. Pancholi's father Aditya Pancholi, a lead actor of the 1980s and 1990s, was also cast in the film. On 9 February 2014 it was confirmed that Athiya Shetty will make her acting debut in the remake film opposite Sooraj Pancholi, another debutante. On 25 October 2013 Ghai said "Yes, Salman may make a special appearance but he will primarily be working as the producer of the film" and he will be singing the title song of the film. On 14 August 2013 news told that Govinda and Vinod Khanna will also star in the remake film. Ghai said "I think they've done a fantastic job of contemporising my script to suit today's tastes". On 10 February 2014, it was reported that Ghai, who helmed the original, had approved the script re-written by Advani and his co-writer Umesh Bist. On 7 January 2014, it was reported that Khan set the film to start production on 18 February, and the film would be released on 12 December 2014. Cabbie and the 2015 Kabir Khan-directed Indian film Bajrangi Bhaijaan actually marked Khan's production debut. On 19 September 2013, Khan announced the launch of his own production house Salman Khan Films, which was to debut with the remake, though the 2014 Canadian film Dr. On 6 August 2013 it was announced that Nikhil Advani is all set to direct and re-write the script for the film, which Salman Khan is producing. In May 2013 it was announced that Subhash Ghai is all set to remake his 1983 blockbuster Hero, which will be re-edited and re. Salman Khan in a special appearance in the music video of the song "Main Hoon Hero Tera".Anita Hassanandani as Ruchi Mathur, Dheeraj's wife.Sharad Kelkar as Dheeraj Mathur, Radha's brother.Tigmanshu Dhulia as IG Shrikant Mathur, Radha's father.Aditya Pancholi as Suryakant 'Pasha' Ranade, Sooraj's father.Athiya Shetty as Radha Mathur Kaushik, Sooraj's love interest and Shrikant's daughter.Sooraj Pancholi as Sooraj Kaushik, Radha's love interest and Pasha's son.A fight ensues, and Ranvijay is shot by Shrikant, who then accepts Sooraj, and he and Radha get married. But Ranvijay still holds a grudge against Sooraj. Later, in the morning, Pasha arrives intending to kill Radha and Sooraj but seeing their love for each other and Sooraj's love for Pasha leaves them unharmed. One night, as Sooraj calmly rejects Dheeraj's request to agree to Shrikant's condition, Ranvijay, waiting for the right opportunity, arrives after Dheeraj leaves stabs Sooraj, who loses consciousness. Radha and Sooraj tell Shrikant and Dheeraj about what happened, how they met, and how they fell in love, but Shrikant still refuses to accept Sooraj due to his imposter behavior. But Ranvijay, being Pasha's henchman, intends to break Radha's and Sooraj's love. Shrikant decides to tie Ranvijay and Radha into the knot, disliking Sooraj while posing that he turns state witness against Pasha, which Sooraj disagrees with. Then Dheeraj introduces Ranvijay, a smuggler and a helper of Pasha but shows them that he is innocent. So he creates a fitness center for living with support from Radha and Dheeraj. Sooraj is out of jail and is ready to start a new life with Radha, but to live a life, he needed to earn. One and a half years later, the court reduces Sooraj's sentence on the grounds of good behavior. During that time, Radha's brother Dheeraj asks her to go to Paris, hoping he would reunite between the lovers when they get free. Sooraj, who is coldly intercepted and held at gunpoint by Shrikant during a fatal attempt on Pasha's part to escape a trial, is sent to jail for two years. She has, however, fallen in love with him and asks him to surrender. Later he confesses to Radha that he had kidnapped her. Radha talks about her love for him when she finds Sooraj is awake. Sooraj, who was severely injured, remained unconscious. Later they are rescued by a colony of monks though the world thinks both are dead. One day the police track them, and Sooraj and Radha escape, but Sooraj is shot in the arm while trying to jump over a broken bridge, and they both fall in the water. During these days, they slowly fall in love. Sooraj, under instructions from his gangster father, Suryakant 'Pasha' Ranade, kidnaps Radha because Shrikant brought evidence against Pasha in court and kidnaps Radha in the guise of a police officer by telling her that he received instructions from the police to take her away from the city as there is a threat that Pasha and his gang will kidnap Radha unless they move for some time. Sooraj Kaushik is a gangster from Mumbai who meets Radha Mathur, daughter of the city's Chief of Police, IG Shrikant Mathur, during a party.