Initially Priyanka was keen to do ‘Bharat’: Salman

IANS – Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) It was Priyanka Chopra Jonas who had initially shown keen interest to be a part of “Bharat”, according to superstar Salman Khan who says her last-minute exit from the film was “embarrassing”.

Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) It was Priyanka Chopra Jonas who had initially shown keen interest to be a part of and quot;Bharat and quot;, according to superstar Salman Khan who says her last-minute exit from the film was and quot;embarrassing and quot;.

Now that the film is over and ready for release, does he think that Priyanka may have been a wrong cast choice for the role?

Salman said in a media interaction here: and quot;No, not a wrong cast. But initially, Priyanka was very keen to do this film. Ali (director Ali Abbas Zafar) and we all thought it was Katrina Kaif and #39;s film. But Katrina and I did and #39;Tiger Zinda Hai and #39; just before that and Ali said that we need a girl who is and lsquo;Hindustani and #39;.

and quot;I tried telling him, and #39;Why can and #39;t she (Katrina) pull off this role? She has been living in India for the last 20 years. and #39; But then Ali said, and lsquo;Priyanka ka phone aaya tha and hellip; (we got a call from Priyanka) and #39; and it is also true that Priyanka and my sister Arpita Khan are good friends.

and quot;After all this, the and lsquo;Nick story and #39; happened, the embarrassing thing happened and she chose to get married. and quot;

Salman said: and quot;Look, she did the right thing. She did what she wanted, and Katrina got what she deserved. She (Priyanka) informed us five days before the schedule was supposed to start… she must have thought that in this way I would get upset with her and will never work with her.

and quot;She spoke to me saying, and #39;Nick (American actor-singer Nick Jonas) has proposed to me and I want to get married, so there will be some date issues and #39;. I said, and #39;Sure, get married, we can adjust those two, three days. Then she said that she does not want to do the film. and quot;

While he believes Priyanka is a hard-working actress, who efficiently maintains her career in Bollywood as well as in the American entertainment industry, he said it takes guts to leave one of the biggest films of her career to get married.

Priyanka, soon after leaving and quot;Bharat and quot;, opted for and quot;The Sky Is Pink and quot;.