With Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone starrer Pathaan breaking all box-office records, the makers of Kartik Aaryan and Kriti Sanon starrer Shehzada have decided to postpone the release of the movie by a week. Through a press note, they informed the audience that the movie will now be releasing on February 17th. For the unversed, the movie was supposed to release on February 10th.
As quoted by India.com, the announcement read, “Shehzada gets a new release date! Out of respect for ‘Pathaan‘ this Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon starrer directed by Rohit Dhawan and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Allu Arvind, Aman Gill, and Kartik Aaryan, the family entertainer will now release on 17 February 2023.”
The Rohit Dhawan directorial is the official hindi remake of Telugu blockbuster Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020), which starred Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde in lead roles.
Talking about Pathaan, the movie has become the highest opening weekend grosser” in the history of Hindi cinema with earnings of Rs 542 crore in five days. While the movie marks the comeback of SRK, YRF has introduced the audience to its spy universe which consists of Salman Khan’s Tiger, Hrithik Roshan’s Kabir and Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan. The movie sees Deepika and Shah Rukh’s character teaming up to defeat John Abraham’s villainous character.
On the work front, Kartik was last seen in a psychological thriller Freddy. Apart from his upcoming movie Shehzada, he has been making the headlines for being casted in the Hera Pheri franchise. Last seen in Pathaan, Shah Rukh Khan has Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki and Atlee’s Jawan in the pipeline.
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