Priyanka Chopra Was Desperate to Get Bharat, until she was not
Films rarely get into a controversy before their release, but Salman Khan’s Bharat is very much in a controversy. It all started when Priyanka Chopra announced that she was quitting the project because she was getting engaged and married. Earlier, Abbas Ali Zafar, the director, had spoken about this, as well as Salman’s father, Salim Khan. Now, Salman himself has spoken about how Priyanka Chopra backed out. Salman said that initially Priyanka wanted to be part of the film and even called up Arpita, Salman’s sister about it. Once she was set to be engaged and married, she decided to walk out from the film. Salman maintains that they tried to manage it for her – after all, it was just a 90 day shoot. They even planned it out that Priyanka could get married within a couple of days and then the honeymoon would take place. But it was Priyanka who didn’t want to be part of the film and decided to walk away. Bharat was an important film for Priyanka, but this would be her comeback film in Bollywood. Priyanka was shooting for the Hollywood series Quantico and other Hollywood films.
It seems that there’s a walkaway season n Bollywood. Earlier, Sonu Sood walked away from Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika. Once that happened, the director of Manikarnika, Krish, also walked out. Another actress who has earlier done theater also walked away from the film. She played the wife of the character that Sonu Sood played in the film.