Salman Khan's next biggie is Bharat and like most of Bhai films in recent times, it is aiming to release during Eid next year. Bharat reunites Salman with his Sultan and Tiger Zinda Hai director Ali Abbas Zafar, as the duo are all set to achieve a hattrick of blockbusters. Katrina Kaif is the female lead, while Tabu, Jackie Shroff, Disha Patani and Sunil Grover are having important roles in the film. After Salman’s Bharat, Katrina to Re-Unite With Bang Bang Co-Star Hrithik in Kabir Khan’s Next.

Usually, when a Salman Khan film is releasing around Eid, no movie wants to clash with it, considering the hype around the same. However, during Eid 2019, Bharat will be clashing with a movie starring a Khan, who is quite popular among the girls, but is currently across the border. Fawad Khan, the popular Pakistani actor who worked in Bollywood films like Khoobsoorat and Kapoor & Sons, will be releasing his biggie, The Legend of Maula Jatt around the same time. The Legend of Maula Jatt is directed by Bilal Lashari. Mahira Khan is the female lead. She had made her debut in Bollywood with Shah Rukh Khan's Raees, and also made headlines for a rumoured fling with Ranbir Kapoor, after the pictures of the duo smoking together in New York got leaked. Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif's Bharat Upset Farmers in Ludhiana? Ali Abbas Zafar Tells the Truth.

Of course, Salman Khan fans in India need not worry as seeing the restrictions on Pakistani films in India, The Legend of Maula Jatt will not probably even release here. However, the movie can give some tough competition to Bharat overseas, where there won't be any such line drawn. Also, The Legend of Maula Jatt will also get a simultaneous release in China too.

Fawad Khan and Mahira are being missed by Bollywood ever since there has been a kind of aversion in the industry for Pakistani actor after the 2016 Uri attacks. Fawad Khan was then appearing as a cameo in Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The movie had faced issues during the release with political parties demanding his scenes be deleted, which forced Karan Johar to put up a video apology. Even Raees had similar issues, but producers Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani were adamant on their stand. However, Fawad and Mahira haven't acted in a Bollywood film since.

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