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"Salman Khan has denied that he fired the original production team behind Dabanng. The sequel to the blockbuster thriller is directed by Khan&amp;#039;s younger brother Arbaaz.   He told The Times of India: &amp;quot;We never wanted [director] Abhinav Kashyap not to be a part of Dabangg 2. I was in Bangkok for a shoot and I called Abhinav Kashyap to say that ideally, I would like the same team that did Dabangg to work on the sequel as well.  &amp;quot;Only after he refused did we request Arbaaz to take over. Arbaaz was the creative producer of Dabangg and he was the natural choice for the sequel. &amp;quot;Arbaaz and I am just a year-and-a-half apart. We have had our creative differences, but I&amp;#039;ve never bullied him. On the set, there were times when he wanted it his way and he got it. And there were times when I got my way. But, whatever we did was for the betterment of the film.&amp;quot; The actor claimed this week that the follow-up will collect over 300 crores at the box office on its release on December 29. Arbaaz Khan recently described his brother as a &amp;quot;brilliant actor&amp;quot; who &amp;quot;knows his audience&amp;quot;. Watch the trailer for Dabangg 2 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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