When Priyanka Chopra walked out of Salman Khan-starrer Bharat, the makers of the film approached Katrina Kaif to play to the role of Kumud. In a media interaction, the actor confessed that there was no pressure from director Ali Abbas Zafar or superstar Salman Khan to be a part of the project. 

"I was fully under the impression that they were going to begin the shoot. And as far as my knowledge is concerned Priyanka (Chopra) was in the film. It was Ali (Abbas Zafar) who told me that `There is a little change in plan and for some reasons, she is no longer part of the film and I am sending you the script, just read it and react to it'. 'And he absolutely put no pressure, it was just that you react to the script. I read the script and felt this is his best work so far. It was an amazing character to play and then we got straight into work," Katrina told reporters here at the song launch event of "Bharat".