Did you know Salman Khan advised Ali Abbas Zafar to direct Bharat?

Salman Khan and director Ali Abbas Zafar have emerged as a successful actor-director Jodi in Bollywood. The duo has done two films Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai together. Both the films have become huge hits at the box office. The two will now team up soon for their third collaboration Bharat. But did you know the film was given to Zafar by Salman Khan himself?

While speaking about the film Ali said “That film came to me from Salman himself. He gave me the film and said he really likes it and asked me to watch it. I saw it and really liked it. (But) You can’t make the film exactly how it is in the original. The socio-political scenario affects your story and the character. But I liked the basic crux of the film. Salman said after ‘Tiger…’, you do this,”

When asked about the further details of the film Ali said “We will begin March onwards. I want to sleep for a month. We are at the elementary stage,”

Bharat is an official adaptation of a South Korean film titled An Ode To My Father. The film will is based on a man who gets separated from his family during the Korean war and how he manages to reunite with them.

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