Official : Salman Khan’s Bharat books Eid 2019 Release Date. Salman Khan in & as Bharat in Ali Abbas Zafar’s next directorial Official Release Date Confirmed – Eid 2019.

Atul Agnihotri has just booked Eid 2019 for his Salman Khan-starrer, Bharat, which takes off in April 2018 and will be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. The film is an official adaptation of the 2014 South Korean drama, Ode To My Father, which depicted modern Korean history from the 1950s to the present day through the life of an ordinary man and events such as the Hungnam Evacuation during the 1950 Korean War, the government’s decision to dispatch nurses and miners to West Germany in the ’60s and the Vietnam war.

“That film is just the starting point for ours but since it was an inspiration, we wanted in all fairness to officially own it and acquired the remake rights before going ahead with Bharat,“ informs the producer, who saw the Korean film at the Berlin Film Festival and felt it had what was needed to make a beautiful film. “It starts in 1947 and ends in 2000 and is the journey of a country and also a person, both of whom go by the name of Bharat.“

On the subject of an Eid opening, Atul points out that even during Bodyguard, they felt that the festival was the best time for release and worked really hard to keep their special date with the box-office. “I’m very conscious about Salman’s fan base and what they want. And once again, I’m convinced that being a family film Bharat is worthy of coming during the festive time. Anyway, an Eid release is always every producer’s preferred choice,“ he signs off with a smile.

Eid 2019 falls on 4th June 2019, so that makes it a six day weekend if the makers decide the release on that date. Salman Khan will be next seen in Ali Abbas Zafar’s Tiger Zinda Hai which releases on 22nd December.