Katrina REPLACES Priyanka; to play the love of Salman's life in Bharat

As known to all, filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar on Friday took to Twitter to share about Priyanka Chopra's unexpected exit from his directorial 'Bharat'. This created a lot of buzz about Priyanka's engagement and the audience was quick enough to contemplate about Katrina replacing Priyanka for this project.

And guess what? Katrina Kaif has been taken on board for 'Bharat' and will be playing Salman's love interest in the film. After the blockbuster success of Tiger Zinda Hai, the super hit trio of the film Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Ali Abbas Zafar are all set to collaborate again for Bharat.

The much loved jodi of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif will be recreating the magic on screen yet again with Ali Abbas Zafar for Bharat. Ali is immensely excited to collaborate with Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan once again after the roaring success of Tiger Zinda Hai. 

The director shares, "I am extremely excited to work with Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan once again for Bharat. We have had exciting collaborations in the past and it is very interesting to work with the duo once again. It is very delightful to work with the immensely talented actress yet again."

The film that went on floors earlier this month has already begun the first schedule including a grand circus sequence featuring Salman Khan and Disha Patani.  Katrina Kaif will be joining the shoot in the upcoming schedules beginning in September. 

Earlier, director Ali Abbas Zafar shared a sneak peek from the film sets giving a glimpse of Salman Khan performing a daredevil stunt on motorbike amidst a ring of fire raising the excitement of the audience.