Ali Abbas Zafar, director of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaiaf starrer Bharat, had earlier revealed that the title of his big Eid release had come to his mind one fine morning. 

In an interview to a daily, Ali had revealed that while brainstorming on the title of his Eid release which opens today, the name Bharat had suddenly popped up in his mind. “I was tossing in bed at 5 am when the title came to me hours later, when I met SK (Salman Khan) and Atul (Agnihotri, producer). I told them I had a title, Bharat. They froze for two seconds, then Salman said, ‘Yes.’ Since this man symbolizes the nation, what better name than Bharat,” Ali had said. 

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Now, it has been learned that the title was actually registered with Salman’s producer-friend, Sajid Nadiadwala, who was planning a film by the same name. When they learnt that it has already been blocked by Sajid, Atul Agnihotri, the producer of Bharat, called him with a request. “Without a second thought Sajid bhai gave us the title, it’s really nice of him to do this,” said Nikhil Namit, the co-producer of Bharat. Sources revealed that Sajid intends to make the script he had registered as Bharat with a new title soon and his team is already brainstorming on it.

In 2014, Sajid made his directorial debut with the action-packed Kick featuring Salman and Jacqueline Fernandez.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)