Suniel Shetty speaking to scribes revealed why he is rejecting south films. He said "I do get offers (from the South), but unfortunately, what happens is, you will notice this trend that we get offers for negative roles. They want to cast the Hindi heroes as powerful from an antagonistic point of view, (they say) that’s good for the screen and for the audience. And that is one thing that I don’t like."
He added “I did a film with Rajini sir, only because I wanted to tick that box of having worked with him. Recently, I did a small Tulu film just to encourage the film, which is doing really well, it’s called Jai… Today, there is no language barrier. If there is a barrier, then it’s perhaps because of the content. If your content is good, it will cross all barriers,"
Currently Suniel Shetty is starring in Hunter 2 which stars Jacike Shroff, and also in Welcome To The Jungle 2 which stars Sanjay Dutt, Paresh Rawal, Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi, Raveena Tandon, Lara Dutta, and others in key roles. He is also starring in Hera Pheri 3.