Priyanka Chopra will begin shooting in August, said the director (courtesy AFP)
Highlights
- Bharat will go on floors this Sunday, said the director
- Salman and Disha will begin with a circus sequence
- Priyanka will join them in Mumbai later in August
So, Bharat is finally ready to go on floors! A report in Mumbai Mirror quoted director Ali Abbas Zafar as saying that Salman Khan and Disha Patani will kick-start the film's schedule with a circus sequence in Mumbai this Sunday while Priyanka Chopra will join the cast later in August. Mr Zafar recently told Mumbai Mirror that the actress will sport multiple looks in the film as the timeline is spread across from 1960 to present times. "She joins the shoot in August and will have different looks in the film which the team has been working on in great detail as the film travels from the 1960s to the present day," Mumbai Mirror quoted Mr Zafar as saying. While details about Salman and Disha's roles are still available, not much is known about Priyanka's character in the film.
Apart from Priyanka, Salman and Disha will also undergo look changes as the timeline progresses and the director told Mumbai Mirror that the Karan Arjun look for Salman will be recreated with the help of prosthetics.
Salman will play a stuntman in Bharat while Disha has been cast as a trapeze artiste - the 52-year-old actor just started prepping for his role while Disha has been at it for a while, reported Mumbai Mirror: "The idea is to create an Indian-Russian circus like Raj Kapoor's Mera Naam Joker. Performers from all over the world are flying down for the circus tricks which will be a mix of trapeze hoops and rope stunts. This is Salman and Disha's introduction. He plays a daredevil stunt motorcyclist in the circus while she is a trapeze artiste."
Sharing details about Bharat's shooting schedule, the director said the first schedule is scheduled in Mumbai, the second in Malta and the next one is in Abu Dhabi. "We will be ending the Mumbai schedule with a Holi song featuring Priyanka and Salman," he added.
The cast of Bharat also includes names like Tabu and Sunil Grover. Produced by Salman Khan's brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri, Bharat is an onscreen adaptation of 2014 South Korean movie Ode To My Father and has already booked Eid 2019 for its release date.
This will mark Priyanka's fourth film with the 52-year-old superstar. Apart from Bharat, Priyanka also has Shonali Bose's The Sky Is Pink in the pipeline - her film with Farhan Akhtar. In Hollywood, she just wrapped Isn't It Romantic and also has A Kid Like Jake lined up for release. Priyanka's US TV show Quantico will wrap with the current season.