Rakesh Roshan unhappy about ‘Raees’ release date change

A few days ago, Rakesh Roshan had announced on his Twitter that ‘Kaabil’ would be releasing on 25th January, which was a day earlier than Rahul Dholakia directed ‘Raees’. However, the latter’s trailer has been released today and it appears it is also releasing on 25th January meaning the clash between the two hasn’t been averted. Roshan has spoken about his unhappiness that this clash is still set to happen next month.

Talking to DNA, Roshan said, “I didn’t know about their date. My distributors said we should come out on January 25 from the evening shows. I didn’t know the Raees team also planned to change their date”.

He went on to add, “Whatever dates we are taking, they are following us. I would have never done the same. I belong to an old school of filmmaking and I have given 50 years of my life to the industry. I would never release my film on a day when another filmmaker has already announced their film”.

He also said that this has happened previously with his film too, “I decided to remove Krrish 4 also from Christmas 2018 because I saw SRK’s film is coming that day. I could have easily released my film with Befikre or even with Dangal if I had to clash. But when I announced the film in February, I saw a clean window in January and hence I picked the date. I can’t get into this new groove of things because I don’t understand it”.

It remains to be seen which film eventually emerges as the box office favourite because, if past experiences are anything to go by, one film during such a clash is always a stronger contender than the other.

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