Salman’s Bharat:  The Real Facts About This Hush-Hush Project

Bharat is going to be Salman Khan’s patriotic pitch  in the Indian market. According to sources,  the  film  whose plot premise  is  based  on  the the successful Korean  film Ode To My Father, will pitch Salman in the same  mould as Manoj Kumar’s Bharat and the  characters that Akshay Kumar has been playing in  his recent films on socially relevant themes .

Says a  friend  of  Salman. “The whole idea behind doing Ode To my Father with Salman is to pitch  him as the face  of India. If you’ve seen the original film  it features the Korean hero(Hwang Jung-min) as he goes through the various phases  in Korean history. The  entire Korean  film is being re-written in the context of Indian history. Salman’s character will be seen going through  various phases in the history of  India, from the Partition  of the country to present day.”

This is Salman’s most ambitious and  most expensive home production being  produced by his brother-in-law Atul Agnihotri  and directed  by Salman’s current  favourite Ali Abbas Zafar. The original choice Kabir Khan is no longer a part  of  the  project.The  budget being  put aside  for what  promises  to  the Superstar’s career-defining image-changing role  is around Rs 200 crores,  give or take  another 10 crores.

 Salman  in what  is  going to be the  biggest challenge of his career, will do prosthetics for the  first time.

“His characters  starts at the age of 18-19 and then  goes through the different chapters  of  our history  piece by piece . Every episode will require a different look.Salman who  hates prosthetics has  agreed to it just this once. After all  you didn’t get to  play ‘Bharat’ everyday,” says  the source.