Salman to return to UAE for film
The Bollywood superstar will be in Abu Dhabi again this month, tabloid! has learnt
Bollywood actor Salman Khan will be in Abu Dhabi by the end of this month to film portions of Bharat, confirmed its coproducer and T-Series managing director Bhushan Kumar. “It’s going to be a 15-day shooting schedule and they will be there in Abu Dhabi by September 27th or 28th. We saw a bit of a delay, but all’s going as per plan now and we are very excited about shooting in the UAE soon,” Kumar told tabloid! over the phone.
Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Bharat is the remake of the 2014 South Korean film Ode To My Father, which chronicles a young boy’s promise to take care of his family as the Korean war unfurled and spans six tumultuous decades.
“It is an exciting emotional drama. We have worked with Salman Khan on two films previously and we are happy to collaborate with him again and his brotherin-law Atul Agnihotri,” Kumar said.
It’s believed that Zafar has tweaked the original and has set his Bollywood drama against the backdrop of the IndiaPakistan partition.
The highly-anticipated project hit a snag when its leading actress Priyanka Chopra left the project and was replaced by Katrina Kaif. Despite the abrupt departure of Chopra, the project came up to speed quickly and went about finding another leading lady. Khan recently told reporters in Mumbai that Chopra expressed her desire to work on Bharat and had sent relentless feelers through his sister.