Here's
How
Ali
Abbas
Got
The
Title
'Bharat'
"I
felt
if
he
(Salman
Khan's
character)
is
synonymous
with
what
the
nation
has
been
over
the
generations.
He
should
be
named
after
the
country.
One
night
at
3AM,
I
was
tossing
on
the
bed,
thinking
hard,
and
then
I
had
it
-
Bharat," said
Ali
Abbas
Zafar.
I
First
Thought
Of
'Ram'
Or
'Arjun'!
Before
zeroing
in
on
Bharat,
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
revealed
that
he
first
thought
the
movie
should
be
named
as
'Ram'
or
'Arjun'.
He
said,
"I
thought
Ram
is
an
ideal
hero
from
mythology.
Could
the
character
be
called
Arjun
because
he
is
doing
it
for
his
dharma,
karma?
Or
should
he
be
called
Karna,
a
selfless
hero.
What
do
I
call
the
film?''
Salman
Khan
Was
Impressed
With
The
Title
'Bharat'
As
soon
as
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
conveyed
that
the
movie
will
be
named
Bharat,
he
said,
"Producer
Sajid
Nadiadwala
had
the
title
registered
under
him
so
I
told
him
about
our
film.
Both
Salman
and
Atul
also
jumped
on
it.
Once
I
found
the
title,
I
started
writing
the
film."
The
Nations
Journey
With
Bharat!
"I
didn't
want
to
call
it
'Ode
to
My
Father.'
I
wasn't
looking
only
at
the
promise
he
makes
to
his
father
but
a
lot
of
other
things.
I
told
Salman
I'll
make
the
film
as
not
only
his
but
the
nation's
journey.
But
I
needed
to
know
what
the
character
should
be
called," Ali
Abbas
Zafar
told
PTI.
Bharat
Starcast
&
Grand
Release
Bharat
starring
Salman
Khan,
Katrina
Kaif,
Disha
Patani
and
Sunil
Grover
is
all
set
hit
the
theatres
on
June
5,
2019.
The
film
is
directed
by
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
and
co-produced
by
Salman
Khan,
Sajid
Nadiadwala
and
Atul
Agnihotri.