Pakistan, May 18 -- Actress Katrina Kaif joined 'Bharat' at the last minute after actress and singer Priyanka Chopra-Jonas' sudden exit, but the actress says there was no pressure from director and screenwriter Ali Abbas Zafar or actor and producer Salman Khan to be a part of the project.

Last year, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas was cast as the female lead in 'Bharat' but she quit the film ahead of her wedding to singer and songwriter Nick Jonas. The makers then approached Katrina Kaif.

"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 pa...