Bharat is Salman Khan's move into Akshay Kumar's market.

Akshay Kumar has no monopoly over
playing the nationalistic patriotic hero with
a social conscience. Admittedly he has done
so with impressive success in his recent
films like Airlift, Toilet Ek Prem Katha and
Pad Man. But it's now time for Akshay to
make room for another superstar in the
patriotic market. Salman Khan intends to
make a spectacular impact as Bharat in his
friend and collaborator Ali Abbas Zafar's
Bharat.
In the film the superstar Khan's character
takes India and Indians through 71 years of
independence as seen through the eyes of
a common man. Says director Ali Abbas
Zafar, "We have worked thoroughly on
Indian history and on the adaptation of
text. We're going to attempt a
comprehensive view of the factors that
shaped Indian and the Indian ethos.
Standing tall at the centre of this historical
India is Salman Khan who will be named
Bharat, the name that yesteryears' legend
Manoj Kumar took for his character in his
timeless paeans to patriotism like Upkar,
Purab Aur Paschim and Roti Kapada Aur
Makaan.
According to a source in the know,
"Salman's Bharat will be closer in spirit to
Manoj Kumar's Bharat than Akshay Kumar's
patriotic heroes. Salman will pitch his
appeal very close to the Indian heart. He will
aim to be the most Indian hero since Raj
Kapoor and Manoj Kumar.

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/bharat-salman-khans-move-akshay-kumars-market/.

What market ? His last film was an underperformer 😆

If Salman tries to act in this film, it will become Tubelight.