Salman Khan on Priyanka Chopra quitting Bharat: This is one of the amazing things she has done

In a group interview ahead of Bharat’s release, Salman Khan spoke extensively about Priyanka Chopra’s exit from the Ali Abbas Zafar directorial. During the interaction, Salman was asked if he believed that Priyanka was the wrong choice for the film. The actor said he always wanted Katrina Kaif in the film but Zafar didn’t have enough confidence in her to pull off a “Hindustani role.”

“Priyanka was very keen on doing this film. We thought it was Katrina. But Katrina had just done Tiger Zinda Hai with me. (Also) Ali thought that ‘woh Hindustani role hai.’ (It is an Indian role) So, I said, ‘Kamaal hai yaar! Tumhari dost hai, itna kaam kiya hai. (She is your friend and has done so much work) You don’t have confidence that she will be able to pull off a Hindustani role.’

“She has been here for the last 16 years. I told him, ‘Don’t be ridiculous. She has done movies like Rajneeti, movies of Rajkumar Santoshi (Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani) and all that. Have you forgotten that?’ Just because she has done movies like Bang Bang doesn’t mean she won’t be able to play an Indian role,” Salman Khan shared.

“Then Ali told me that Priyanka had called him and said she wanted to do this movie. Then her marriage thing happened, so she chooses to take a very brave, bold and amazing step. Usually, people would have fought in their houses. Boyfriends and girlfriends might fight. Female actors might leave husbands for Bharat (laughs). But she did the right thing. She got married because she wanted to. And Katrina got what she wanted,” the Tubelight actor said.