BOMBAY TIMES (December 27, 2017)

On Salman Khan’s birthday today, Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and Atul Agnihotri’s Reel Life Production Pvt Ltd. are announcing their collaboration to produce the Salman-starrer Bharat.

To be helmed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film is scheduled to release on Eid 2019. Speaking about the joint venture, Bhushan Kumar says, “We have had a long-standing association with Salman Khan from the time we acquired the music of Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998). We produced his two other films Lucky: No Time For Love (2005) and Ready (2011), both of which were successful collaborations. Atul and I gel well, so we decided to join hands on Bharat, a human drama that is bound to strike a chord with the audience.”

Atul Agnihotri shares, “In life, you just click with some people. Bhushan and I have interacted many times in the past. His sensibility for content matched with ours. So, having his company on board with us for Bharat was a very smooth and organic process.”