Arbaaz Khan's Dabanng is already in the news with Salman getting injured shooting a complex action sequence and surviving on painkillers and with the new girl on the block Sonakshi, the lovely daughter of Shatrugan Sinha making her debut with this film.

Salman is so much in awe of the actress that he might just paint her on the canvas.

We found out that Salman and Sonakshi are having a gala time shooting together.

Salman who is popularly known to get along with a selected bunch of people in the industry has this debutante on his list of friends now.

It seems that they get along like a house on fire and have a great chemistry off the sets too.

Our sources have also found out that Khan had a great time shooting for a rain dance sequence with the pretty lass and is also going all out promoting her on social networking sites.

It is no news that Salman is a good artist and painter and his work has got many industry persons let their eyebrow up.

He has also painted Amir Khan and Asin in the past and now Sonakshi is known to be the next probability.

Salman must really be fond of this lovely actress to have decided to put her on canvas. Whether genuine or a publicity stunt for the film, it is definitely getting the audiences talking.

One of Salman's painitng earlier at an auction fetched him a startling 2.5 crore which was for a good cause. But according to him his paintings are special and a prized possession to him which depict his state of mind.

Dabanng will be relasing in September 2010 and Salman and Sonakshi's chemistry will be something to look out for.