Sidharth Malhotra on ‘Aiyaary’ re-clashing with ‘PadMan’

Due to the ‘Padmaavat’ release date coming on the eve of Indian Republic Day, Neeraj Pandey’s ‘Aiyaary’ was pushed to release in February. In the last few days, ‘PadMan’ which was meant to clash with ‘Padmaavat’ has been moved to the ‘Aiyaary’ release date, ensuring that the two films will be releasing on the same day. Recently, lead actor Sidharth Malhotra gave his view.

“Yes, it irritates, but now it’s too late. What can we do now? Look, we announced the date first. When Pad Man makers unveiled their release date, we were gracious enough to shift our release date to avoid the clash,” said Malhotra, according to Ahmedabad Mirror.

Malhotra went on to elaborate, “This situation could have resolved earlier, people could have stuck to their dates, respecting others’ space. I was not expecting the makers of Pad Man’ to release their film with us, especially the second time. We thought we will get a solo release. See, eventually the fate of the film will speak for itself. We are confident about our film, it has its audience. Now that we cannot change anything, we can hope for the best”.

‘Aiyaary’ also stars Manoj Bajpayee and will see Malhotra play an army man for the first time.