Sultan Movie: Famous Dialogues, Box Office Collection and Stills

Quick answer: Sultan is a 2016 Hindi sports drama directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, starring Salman Khan as the Haryanvi wrestler Sultan Ali Khan and Anushka Sharma as Aarfa. It released on Eid, 6 July 2016, and Bollywood Hungama records an opening day of ₹36.54 crore nett, an India total of ₹300.45 crore nett and a worldwide gross of about ₹614.49 crore. Its best-known lines are about getting back up after life knocks you down.

About this page

This page was first written around the film’s release in July 2016, with its dialogues, stills and the author’s box office predictions. We have kept it as a record of the film, checked the details again in October 2026, corrected the box office figures, and trimmed the dialogue list to a few short, widely quoted lines.

Sultan: key facts

• Director and writer: Ali Abbas Zafar
• Producer: Aditya Chopra (Yash Raj Films)
• Music: Vishal-Shekhar, with lyrics by Irshad Kamil
• Released: 6 July 2016 (Eid); released in China on 31 August 2018
• Cast: Salman Khan (Sultan Ali Khan), Anushka Sharma (Aarfa), Randeep Hooda (coach Fateh Singh), Amit Sadh (Aakash Oberoi) and Kumud Mishra (Aarfa’s father, Barkat Hussain)

Sultan tells the story of a middle-aged former wrestling champion from Rewari in Haryana whose success once drove a rift into his personal life. A promoter persuades him to return for a mixed martial arts league, partly to raise money for a blood bank, and with the help of coach Fateh Singh he trains again and fights his way back. Salman Khan speaks Haryanvi-flavoured Hindi in the film, which is why many of its lines use words like “manne” (me) and “hove hai” (is).

Famous Sultan dialogues

These are some of the most widely quoted lines, with a short English meaning for each. Spellings of Hindi lines vary from source to source.

Salman Khan as Sultan

1. “Koi tumhe tab tak nahi hara sakta, jab tak tum khud se na haar jao.” (No one can defeat you until you lose to yourself.)

2. “Jab zindagi tumhe patke, toh tum phir khade ho aur aisa daav maaro ki zindagi chit ho jaaye.” (When life throws you down, get up again and make a move that pins life down instead.)
3. “Maine pehelwani zaroor chhodi hai, par ladna nahi bhoola.” (I may have given up wrestling, but I have not forgotten how to fight.)

4. “Asli pehelwan ki pehchaan akhade mein nahi, zindagi mein hove hai.” (A real wrestler is known not in the ring but in life.)

5. “Manne jis pehelwani ka guroor tha na, usi ne manne patka hai.” (The wrestling I was so proud of is what threw me down.)

Randeep Hooda as coach Fateh Singh

6. “I don’t train dead people.”

Earlier versions of this page listed more of the film’s dialogue, including longer exchanges and Anushka Sharma’s introduction line. We now keep to a few short lines; the film is the place to hear the rest. For more of the actor’s lines, see our collection of Salman Khan’s best dialogues.

Sultan box office collection

What this page predicted

Before release, this page predicted a first day above ₹33 crore and a weekend above ₹60 crore, and expected the film to cross ₹200 crore in India. It also noted that Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees, first planned for the same Eid, had been moved, so the two films would not clash. That part was right: Raees was postponed to avoid Sultan and released on 25 January 2017.

What Sultan actually earned

The original page later added “real” figures of ₹37.66 crore for the first day and ₹78.89 crore for the weekend. Bollywood Hungama’s records differ, so we have replaced them with its figures:

Because the film opened on a Wednesday for Eid, its first “weekend” ran for five days. Both predictions were comfortably beaten, and the film crossed the ₹300 crore mark in India that the original page mentioned. Later in 2016, Aamir Khan’s wrestling film Dangal overtook it; see our page on Dangal’s dialogues and box office.

Sultan stills and posters

These stills and posters were released to promote the film around Eid 2016.

The film’s images are copyrighted by its producers, so please do not reuse them without permission. For more dialogue collections, see Shah Rukh Khan’s popular dialogues and Aamir Khan dialogues in Hindi.

Frequently asked questions

When did Sultan release?

Sultan released in India on 6 July 2016, for Eid, and in China on 31 August 2018.

Who played Aarfa in Sultan?

Anushka Sharma played Aarfa, a state-level wrestler who becomes Sultan’s wife.

How much did Sultan earn?

Bollywood Hungama records an India total of ₹300.45 crore nett and a worldwide gross of about ₹614.49 crore.

What is the most famous dialogue from Sultan?

One of the most quoted lines is “Koi tumhe tab tak nahi hara sakta, jab tak tum khud se na haar jao” (No one can defeat you until you lose to yourself).

Credits and dates checked in October 2026 against the film’s published credits; box office from Bollywood Hungama’s box office page. Box office figures are attributed because sources differ.