While Salman Khan has often taken on the added role of singer or choreographer in his films, he appears to have gone a step ahead in Dabangg 3. A look at the trailer indicates that he has been credited as one of the screenplay writers. What makes it interesting is that the mention of Dilip Shukla — whose resume includes the previous instalments of Dabangg — has been dropped from the credits.

A trade source reveals, "Dilip Shukla was duly credited for the screenplay, along with Prabhudeva and Alok Upadhyaya, in the motion teaser that released on September 11. However, when the trailer released a month later, Dilip's name had been replaced by that of Salman. The new screenplay billing read — Salman Khan, Prabhudeva and Alok Upadhyaya. His name was retained in the dialogue credits."