Actress was to begin shooting in mid-August with a Holi song featuring co-star
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 27, 2018) 

Mirror was the first to inform (April 17) that Priyanka Chopra would be reuniting with Salman Khan, a decade after Rumi Jaffrey’s 2008 fantasy-comedy God Tussi Great Ho, in Ali Abbas Zafar’s period-drama Bharat. Now, we have learnt that the actress has exited the film. She conveyed the news to the film’s team on Thursday, telling them that she had bagged a bigger project.

According to a source close to the development, Priyanka was to begin shooting in mid-August after a 10-day schedule of Shonali Bose’s The Sky Is Pink, the true-life story of Ayesha Chaudhary, from August 8. Bharat had kicked off on last Sunday with Salman who plays a motorcycle stuntman and Disha who plays a trapeze artiste in a circus in the 1960s. This was followed by a two-day song picturised on the duo and choreographed by Vaibhavi Merchant, which started on Thursday.

Salman and Priyanka were earlier seen in David Dhawan’s romcom, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) and Nikkhil Advani’s romance anthology, Salaam-e-Ishq (2007). Ali had earlier told Mirror, “Bharat is Priyanka’s homecoming to Bollywood after having proved herself as a performer in a global TV show, Quantico, and in Hollywood. Priyanka is the biggest Indian artiste globally today and a perfect fit for the film as she brings to the table her incredible talent and international appeal.”

This time, Ali remained unavailable for comment.