Director Ali Abbas Zafar has "welcomed" lead actress Anushka Sharma for his upcoming film "Sultan".

Zafar also mentioned that the crew has "wrapped up" the first day of shoot with the "PK" actress.

"Just wrapped first day of shoot with @AnushkaSharma. Team @SultanTheMovie welcomes you on board," Zafar tweeted on Friday morning.

The "NH10" actress was announced as the lead actress of the superstar Salman Khan starrer earlier this month.

New beginnings . New start . New journey .. First day of shoot for #Sultan . Here we go ! 👊🏼😊

A photo posted by AnushkaSharma1588 (@anushkasharma) on Jan 21, 2016 at 3:42am PST

An "excited" Anushka too tweeted: "New beginnings ... New journey... Heading for the first day of #Sultan shoot. Excited! Here we go."

One of the fittest stars of Bollywood, 50-year-old Salman has gone through intensive training for wrestling and mixed martial arts for Zafar's directorial with international action director Larnell Stovall.

Produced by Aditya Chopra under his Yash Raj Films banner, "Sultan" is slated to hit the screens on Eid in 2016.