Yes, of course, Ali Abbas Zafar’s Bharat is all about Salman Khan, especially because the director has managed to present him in five different looks in the film, as depicted in the teaser that was released on Friday. Bharat spans across the “journey of a man and a nation together” and features Salman as a navy officer, a stunt artiste, an ageing boxer and a coal miner. In one of the scenes in the teaser, Salman also appeared in formals, at the Wagah Border.
Bharat will chronicle Salman's character’s odyssey from the age of 18 to 70 and that explains his several shades – the glimpses of which were visible in the teaser. The 1.26-minute teaser opens with visuals of the Partition of India and thereafter, offers shots of Salman’s different characters.
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Salman Khan in a still from the teaser of Bharat[/caption]
In fact, the teaser features a singular dialogue – very Salman-like, in which he says that he is often asked about his cast, creed and religion but his response to questions as such is his name, Bharat, as he was named after his country by his father. “Ab itne bade naam ke aage, jaati, dharm, surname lagaake, na toh apna aur na hi iss desh ka maan kam kar sakta hoon,” Salman, no sorry, Bharat asserts in the teaser.
In case you missed out on his characters in the teaser, take a look:
Salman as the Navy Officer
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Salman Khan in a still from the teaser of Bharat[/caption]
Salman as the Stunt Artiste
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Salman Khan in a still from the teaser of Bharat[/caption]
Salman as the Coal Miner
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Salman Khan in a still from the teaser of Bharat[/caption]
Salman as an Ageing Boxer
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Salman Khan in a still from the teaser of Bharat[/caption]
Presenting Salman Khan in Bharat
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Salman Khan in a still from the teaser of Bharat[/caption]
In February 2018, Ali had told a leading daily that Bharat will involve “a lot of age-reduction methods” for Salman, including the use of prosthetics and VFX as well.
Bharat is an official adaptation of 2014 South Korean film Ode To My Father. It is produced by Atul Agnihotri's Reel Life Production Pvt Ltd and Bhushan Kumar's T-Series. The film also stars Sunil Grover, Disha Patani, Tabu and Nora Fatehi. It is scheduled to release on Eid 2019.
