'Does She Want to Work in India' Wonders Salman Khan of Priyanka Chopra

“Does she even want to work in India?”  Salman Khan asked  in Hindi at the  media interaction  in Delhi to  release  the trailer  of  his  home  production Loveratri. Salman’s outburst where he very subtly accused Priyanka of unprofessional behaviour by opting out only 10 days’ before she was to start shooting for his magnum opus Bharat, puts a big question mark on their work equation henceforth. Of course, Priyanka has far bigger plans in sight and signing a movie with Chris Pratt is an opportunity that she wouldn't ever want to let go of. Plus, her Bollywood career is also thriving as she starts work on Shonali Bose's film. 

But on the Bharat front, apparently, a collective decision had been taken by the team to not answer questions about Priyanka Chopra at  the Loveratri media interactions. And  in fact Salman dodged the PC salvos in Mumbai  excusing  himself  by saying he  hadn’t read the newspaper  in  the last few days (though  how reading the  papers is connected with Priyanka’s exit from Bharat, only Salman can explain).

But in Delhi he spoke against Priyanka saying she had chosen to  inform  them of her departure  just 10 days before shooting,  giving a reason  that suggested marriage. However, Salman also spoke about the reason perhaps being  a bigger film. He wished her well too though one doesn't know if he was being sarcatic about it. Says  a close  friend  of Salman’s, “Salim Saab (Salman’s father) had very clearly briefed Salman not to talk about Priyanka Chopra at  the trailer launch of the Khan family’s son-in-law Ayush Sharma’s film. But Bhai being Bhai and hence thoroughly impulsive, he couldn’t hold himself back beyond a point because he was not in the wrong in this matter. It was highly  unprofessional of Priyanka to back out of Bharat.”