"It`s true I have been told not to expend my mean muscles until `Dabangg 2`. Interestingly, I`ve signed two major cop roles. One is a dream-come-true role in Puri Jaganaath`s `Boodha` where I play (Amitanh) Bachchan`s son. My role is modelled on Amitji in `Zanjeer`," said Sonu, 37, who entered Bollywood in 2002 with ‘Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh’.

Sonu has watched ‘Zanjeer’ 17 times in the last six months.

To his command over the Bachchanesque style of law enforcement in "Zanjeer", including that famous body-flying-across-the-air for a full impact hurl against the adversary that had the crowds roaring when Big B did it in 1973, Sonu will add the inner knowledge of a cop`s world.

For that intense preparations are on. Sonu, who is from Punjab, recently spent a fortnight with a senior police officer in Punjab to understand the mind, body language and spoken language of a cop.

"I`ve spent time with DGP (Director General of Police) P.S. Gill. He has helped me understand how a cop functions," said Sonu.

The law enforcement skills would help Sonu with his other role this year as well.

"I again a play cop in Kabir Kaushik`s underworld drama Maximum. I had no intentions of doing any other film except `Boodha` this year. And that too another role as a cop! When I read the script of `Maximum`, I was bowled over. I will play this cop very differently from the one in `Boodha`," the actor said.

The two films will take Sonu Sood to the end of this year.

"And then it`s back to villainy in `Dabangg 2`. Badman Returns," laughed Sonu, who played important role in "Jodhaa-Akbar" and main lead in "Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi".