Priyanka Chopra liked Bharat but we all thought it was Katrina Kaif's movie: Salman Khan

This is Priyanka Chopra who had initially shown a keen interest in being part of Bharat according to superstar Salman Khan who stated that his film release at the last minute was "embarrbading". . Now that the film is finished and ready for distribution, does he think that Priyanka may have been a bad casting choice for the role?

Salman said in a media interaction in Mumbai, "No, no bad casting, but initially Priyanka was very keen on making this film Ali (director Ali Abbas Zafar) and we all thought it was Katrina Kaif's movie But Katrina and I did Tiger Zinda Hai just before and Ali said we needed a girl who is & # 39; hindustani & # 39 ;. "

" I tried to tell him: "Why can not she (Katrina) remove this role? She has been living in India for 20 years. "But then Ali said," Priyanka ka aaya tha phone … (we received a call from Priyanka) "and he is also true that Priyanka and my sister Arpita Khan are good friends. "

" After all this, Nick's story happened, the embarrbading thing happened and she chose to get married. "

Salman says, "Look, she did the right thing She did what she wanted and Katrina got what she deserved She (Priyanka) informed us five days before expected time … she must have thought she might upset me and I would never work with her.

"She spoke to me saying," Nick (American actor-singer Nick Jonas) m & rsquo; Proposed and I want to get married, so there will be problems of dates ". I said, "Of course, get married, we can adjust these two, three days. Then she said that she did not want to do the movie. "

While he believes that Priyanka is a hard-working actress and who effectively maintains her career in Bollywood as well as in the entertainment industry in the United States, it takes courage to do so. leaves one of the greatest films of his career to get married.

Priyanka, shortly after leaving Bharat opted for The Sky Is Pink .

Bharat . is published on June 5.