Sood interacted with media at the trailer launch of the film Paltan with director JP Dutta, and co stars on Thursday.

Sonu Sood who has been performing strong villainous roles will be seen in a army look when asked about his experience he said, "An actor's life is incomplete until he plays an army officers role or a soldiers role. When I started my acting career I met JP sir and introduced myself. later in 2008 he called me and told me one day for sure he will get in touch with me for a film and it finally happened after 10 years. I told him this when shooting in Ladakh that only he has the right to make army films."

Reports suggested that Gurmeet took training from his father for the film, when asked about it he said, "Dad used to give training to young army offers when we lived in MP. I used to watch him and also trained with him once in a while. When I signed Paltan Dad was here only and he shared his learning and experience with me that he had learned for ,many years int he army."

Sonal Chauhan who will make comeback with the film Platan said she couldn't have done it with a better film. 

The multilingual actor Sonu Sood turns 44 years old and to make his birthday special for his fans, the actor released a stunning poster along with his character details from forthcoming war drama Paltan.

He captioned the poster, “Major Bishan Singh…We might not KNOW them all but we OWE them all. It’s time to #JoinThePaltan @ZeeStudios_ #JPFilms @RealNidhiDutta.”

Sonu Sood dons the uniform of a Major for Paltan, his character name is Major Bishan Singh.

Directed by JP Dutta, the movie is a war drama based on the Nathu La military clashes of 1967 which took place along the Sikkim border, Paltan tells the story of the Indian armed forces facing off in an intense battle to ward off Chinese infiltration.

The movie stars Arjun Rampal, Sonu Sood, Gurmeet Choudhary, Harshvardhan Rane, Siddhanth Kapoor and Luv Sinha among many others. The movie is slated for 7th September release.