EXCLUSIVE: Salman Khan and I are brothers: Bharat director Ali Abbas Zafar refutes rumours of fallout

Recently, there have been rumours that Salman Khan had an argument with Bharat's director Ali Abbas Zafar over something related to the movie's editing. However, Ali Abbas Zafar has now refuted all the rumours regarding the fallout saying that Salman is like a brother to him.

By Swetlana Neog

Updated on Jun 07, 2019 | 03:01 PM IST | 4.5M

Exclusive: Salman Khan and I are brothers: Bharat director Ali Abbas Zafar refutes rumours of fallout

Salman Khan is currently on cloud nine as the superstar's recent release Bharat has been doing extremely well at the box office. The movie got released on June 5, 2019 on the occasion of Eid - Ul - Fitr and is almost nearing the Rs 100 crore mark. Bharat happens to be the third collaboration of Salman Khan with Ali Abbas Zafar, the previous two being Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai. However, recently, there have been rumours that there has been an argument between the superstar and Ali Abbas Zafar over the movie's editing.

Now, the Bharat director has denied all the rumours saying that everything is fine between him and Salman Khan. On being asked about the same, Ali says, "These are completely false and baseless rumours. Salman Bhai is like an elder brother to me and everyone knows we consider each other family. And everyone who's spreading such reports, I just have one thing to tell. Salman and I have ready discussed a couple of things and he will soon be spending a lot of time again with me on a project."

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According to reports, Ali Abbas Zafar is also planning for a third movie under Salman Khan's Tiger franchise which will star the Dabangg actor and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles. The movie is expected to roll out post the other work commitments of Salman Khan. Currently he is shooting for Dabangg 3 followed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Inshallah the shooting for which will start towards the end of this year. The Kick actor will then take a call on which movie he wants to do immediately after Sanjay Leela Bhansali's love story.

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