Salman Khan's Bharat: After Priyanka Chopra's Exit, Director Ali Abbas Zafar to Announce Leading Lady Soon!
Will Abbas opt for Katrina Kaif or Anushka Sharma for this one?
The hoopla around Priyanka Chopra getting paired up with Salman Khan after Mujhse Shaadi Karoge,after more than a decade, died when PeeCee requested her exit from the production...just in the nick of time. And now filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar announced he will announce the leading lady for his upcoming directorial Bharat soon."Yes yes yes... We will announce the leading lady of Bharat soon. We have been shooting non-stop and simultaneously preparing for international schedules," Zafar tweeted on Saturday.
The filmmaker on Friday announced that actress Priyanka Chopra has opted out of the Salman Khan starrer for a "very special" reason. The first schedule included shooting for a grand circus sequence.Nikhil Namit, the CEO of Reel Life Productions, who's co-producing Bharat, has reportedly alleged that Priyanka intimated the team just two days ago,. He also called the move as unprofessional. "Priyanka told us she had to exit due to her engagement, two days ago. It was a little unprofessional of her to do it so suddenly," he was quoted as saying to leading daily.
The director previously worked with the Dabangg star in blockbusters like Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai The film is an official adaptation of a 2014 South Korean film "Ode To My Father". It is produced by Atul Agnihotri's Reel Life Production Pvt Ltd and Bhushan Kumar's T-Series.Bharat, which will be shot across locations in Abu Dhabi and Spain, besides Punjab and Delhi, is slated for an Eid release in 2019.
-With Agency Inputs
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