Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil Will NOT Clash With Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees!
One of the biggest box-office clashes of Bollywood is set to happen next year between Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees and Hrithik Roshan’s Kaabil BUT now that has been avoided...Almost!
Both
biggies-Kaabil and Raees were set to clash on the Republic Day. It would have
been a neck to neck competition for sure. While Shah Rukh’s Raees has
already been delayed much, it was impossible to move its release date further.
But here’s a twist in the story!
There will be a difference of few hours between
the releases of the two films. While SRK’s Raees will hit the theatres on Jan
26th morning Hrithik’s Kaabil will release 6 pm onwards
on the same day.
When SpotboyE.com contacted Rakesh Roshan to
confirm the news, he said, “This was a planned strategy from the beginning
itself. It will release on Wednesday – 6 pm show onwards as 26th is a holiday.” When asked
whether this was to get an upper hand, he laughed and said, “No, no nothing
like that. I have no upper hand here.”
Talking about the
clash, Kaabil director, Sanjay Gupta recently said to a section of
media, “It hasn’t happened yet. I wouldn’t say I am in denial but I think the
clash could still be averted. In all fairness, Rakeshji did announce the
release date first. And SRK is a man of principle, a man of his word, he is a
Pathan. I can’t fathom SRK stepping on someone’s toes. I don’t know if they
will come on the same day as us or not but I definitely think they shouldn’t.
If someone else had announced a film before him, there is no way in hell that
Rakeshji would bring his film out on the same date. That is the respect we need
to accord one another.”
When asked if Raees Vs Kaabil would indeed turn
out to be SRK Vs Hrithik, he added, "Hrithik is 10 years younger than Shah
Rukh. So I don't see this as a competition. Shah Rukh's competitions are Salman
and Aamir. Both the films (Raees and Kaabil) won't do more than Rs 150 crore in
a week because we have a Rs 300 crore box-office window at best. When Salman
releases a film solo, he gets Rs 300 crore. Shah Rukh should be looking at
getting Rs 300 crore for his film and I'm sure he is looking at that
possibility. I don't understand why he would restrict the business of his own
film. This clash is also going to be detrimental to them."
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