The director, we hear, was impressed with his negative act in Hero and zeroed in on him.
Besides working on his Haryanvi diction, the Chak De! India actor has put on 10 kilos and will have a month of akhada training for the role.
Vivan has even changed his timeline photo on Facebook to Dangal's first look.
Vivan, who will soon get busy with Khatron Ke Khiladi, will resume his shoot for the movie in June.
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