It was the script

...That prompted Katrina Kaif to take up Salman Khan-starrer Bharat

Katrina Kaif says she has always selected films on the “basis of scripts” and this is why she decided to come on board as the leading lady of Bharat after Priyanka Chopra’s departure from the project.

The actor joined the Salman Khan-fronted film days after Priyanka exited the movie. Director Ali Abbas Zafar recently announced that Priyanka had pulled out of the project and had hinted a “very special reason” for the same. When asked if she was apprehensive about filling in someone else’s shoes, Katrina said she does not look at it that way. “The roles which I have chosen for myself are purely based on script and what my character is in that film. So for me, it is extremely exciting to be working with the team again. When this time Ali contacted me, he told me ‘Goldfish’... He calls me Goldfish... He said, ‘I am sending you a script and just react to it and tell me what you feel about it’. When I read the script, I thought it was an absolutely wonderful script and I felt extremely excited about the character which I am playing in the film. Therefore, I am very happy to be part of the film,” the actress said.

Katrina, who is reuniting with Ali and Salman after last year’s blockbuster Tiger Zinda Hai, said she is more than excited to be a part of Bharat. “Ali Abbas Zafar is a very dear friend of mine. We have worked in ‘Mere Brother ki Dulhan’ and Tiger Zinda Hai, both of which were successful and more than that those were experiences that I really enjoy.”—Agencies