Film producers Bhushan Kumar and Atul Agnihotri, on the occasion of Salman Khan’s 52nd birthday on Wednesday, announced that they have joined hands as co-producers of the Bollywood superstar’s new film “Bharat“, to be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar.
Kumar of T-Series said in a statement: “We have had a long-standing association with Salman Khan from when we acquired the music of ‘Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya‘. We produced bhai’s (Salman’s) two other films — ‘Lucky: No Time For Love‘ and ‘Ready‘, both of which were successful collaborations.
“Atul and I gel well and we decided to join hands on ‘Bharat‘, a human drama that is bound to touch you beyond measure.”
Agnihotri, who is also Salman’s brother-in-law added: “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 T-Series on board with us on ‘Bharat’ was a very smooth and organic process for both of us.”
Earlier, Agnihotri produced Salman-starrers like “Hello” and “Bodyguard“.
Salman is currently enjoying the success of “Tiger Zinda Hai“, also directed by Zafar.