Overview
Bharat is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language drama film which is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and jointly produced by Atul Agnihotri, Alvira Khan Agnihotri, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Nikhil Namit and Salman Khan. The film stars Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Sunil Grover and Disha Patani in its lead role with Varun Dhawan will appear in a Cameo role. Principal photography was begun in June, 2018 and film is scheduled for a theatrical release on 5th June, 2019 on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr
Cast
- Salman Khan as Bharat
- Katrina Kaif
- Tabu
- Disha Patani
- Sunil Grover
- Jackie Shroff
- Aasif Sheikh
- Nora Fatehi
- Varun Dhawan(Cameo)
Production
source – hindustantimes.com
Bharat began its principal photography in June, 2018, and it was shot in various locations, including Abu Dhabi, Spain, Malta, Punjab and Delhi. Priyanka Chopra, who was casted earlier as one of the major role which is now done by Katrina Kaif. She opted out of the film before filming her scenes. Nikhil Namit, who is the CEO of Reel Life Productions, said that Priyanka quit due to her engagement with Nick Jonas.
Promotion and release
Salman Khan posted a glimpse of Katrina Kaif and himself from the film on his Instagram handle on 25th August, 2018.
On 14th August, 2018 a small 48 second, dialogue promo teaser was released to officially announce the film title and its release date.
Let’s have a look on it:
In the beginning of January, 2019 it was reported that the main teaser of the film will be released on the occasion of Republic Day, i.e, 26th January, 2019 of duration 1:28 minutes. But again Salman Khan gave us a surprise by releasing it a day before it is announced i.e, 25th January, 2019. Let’s have a look on it:
This 1 minute 28 second teaser featured a power pack dialogue with 5 different looks adored by salman khan including a navy officer, a miner and an oldman and a stuntman in circus. From this small teaser it is clearly portraying the tagline – “A Journey of Man And Nation Together”
Release
Bharat is scheduled to be released on 5th June, 2019 on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
Soundtrack
source – SpotboyE
Vishal-Shekhar will compose the songs for this film and Irshad Kamil wrote the lyrics of this film.
Let’s see how social media reacts to this teaser:
‘#Bharat’ teaser: Five things we loved about @BeingSalmanKhan‘s patriotic drama@Bharat_TheFilm @aliabbaszafar @atulreellife @itsBhushanKumar @bindasbhidu @sonalikulkarni @DishPatani @norafatehi @iaasifsheikh @SKFProduction @tseries #BharatKaTeaser https://t.co/K6AHq13upT
— Bollywood Bubble (@bollybubble) January 25, 2019
Blockbuster on the way 😍 bhaijaan @BeingSalmanKhan in and as #bharat Salman Khan | BHARAT | Official Teaser | EID 2019 https://t.co/FDZ62xWfzQ via @YouTube congratulations n best wishes to the entire team @aliabbaszafar #BharatTeaser #Eid2019 🤗
— KAPIL (@KapilSharmaK9) January 25, 2019
Salman Khan and director Ali Abbas Zafar… An unbeatable combination… They are back with #Bharat… #BharatTeaser is absolutely captivating… #Eid2019… Link: https://t.co/6DYkgyUcrm
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) January 25, 2019
Bharat teaser: Salman Khan’s narration will invoke a sense of pride for the nation https://t.co/u5O7Dk4cZp
— BollywoodLife (@bollywood_life) January 25, 2019