Two films
releasing together is a positive thing. Eid is a big day and both films
will do well. One should not see too much into this," Akshay said this
evening. He was speaking to reporters here at the first look launch of
'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again' (OUATIMA).
Ever since Salman Khan's 'Wanted' hit the theatres on Eid in 2009 and
did roaring business, it had almost become a tradition for the actor to
have a release around that time of the year.
But he has no film releasing on Eid this year. Two movies, 'Once Upon
A Time in Mumbaai 2' and 'Chennai Express', will compete at the box
office around the festival on August 8. 'Chennai Express' is a romantic
comedy directed by Rohit Shetty and it stars Shah Rukh and Deepika
Padukone.
The Milan Luthria-directed 'Once Upon A Time...' is
a gangster-romantic flick with Akshay, Imran Khan and Sonakshi Sinha as
protagonists. It is a sequel to the 2010 hit 'Once Upon a Time in
Mumbaai'.
Last year, Yash Chopra's 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan' and
Ajay Devgn's 'Son of Sardaar' released during Diwali. The battle between
the two films took an ugly turn when Ajay filed a case accusing Yash
Raj Films of abusing its dominant position.
Also, the promo
of 'OUATIMA' will release alongside Karan Johar's 'Yeh Jawaani Hai
Deewani'. This led to rumours that Karan was favouring Akshay over good
friend Shah Rukh. When asked about the same, Akshay said, "I don't think
it is right to say such things. Our promo was ready hence it is coming
with this film ('Yeh Jawaani...'). We all are friends here. After all we
are from same fraternity."
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