Rakesh Roshan breaks his silence over clash with SRK’s ‘Raees’

After the makers of Hrithik Roshan-starrer Kaabil changed the film’s release date to January 25 from January 26 to avoid clashing with Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees, now reportedly, SRK has also changed his film’s release date.

According to sources, “SRK’s Raees will have a worldwide release on January 25 and it’s mentioned in the theatrical trailer that will be launched today. It’s releasing straight from morning shows on Wednesday and not evening shows as Kaabil.”

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But now, Rakesh Roshan has broken his silence on the entire matter and told us exclusively, “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.”

“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. 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” he added.

But now that SRK’s Raees is releasing on January 25 right from the morning, will Kaabil also follow suit? Rakesh Roshan said, “It’s a full fledged release on November 25 and not just paid previews. Now that the other film is following my release date, it’s up to my distributors to take a call – whether to release from 6 pm or right from the morning shows.”