Looks like the apparent clash of Raees and Kaabil with Chan has been averted...
Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan won't have Jackie Chan for company this January. It seemed like that when the promo of his next release Kung Fu Yoga was unveiled a couple of days back. The film's official release date was announced as January 28 and this is during the weekend when SRK and Hrithik Roshan would be battling it out with their Raees and Kaabil respectively.
Says an observer, "Though this is a Saturday, one wondered if the release in India happened a day earlier on a regular Friday. So far, the announcement has been China release but considering the fact that India has become a hot market for global release of major films, one expected a date and time release here as well."
What makes the release of Kung Fu Yoga in India all the more important is the fact that a major part of the Chinese film is set in India and features Bollywood actors like Sonu Sood, Disha Patani and Amyra Dastur. Made in Chinese and English, the film has Jackie Chan playing an archaeology professor from China who collaborates with Indians to locate India's lost Magadha treasure in Tibet. A Chinese-Indian collaboration which means it is bound to see a major release in the country," a trade source adds.
Sources now confirm that the film would instead be arriving on February 3 in India.
"It makes sense since the biggest challenge for the distributors would have been to figure out how to accommodate Kung Fu Yoga alongside Raees and Kaabil, if at all the release were to happen in the Republic Day weekend itself," an insider comments, "There are 5000 odd prominent screens across the country and these too are less for both Raees and Kaabil to fit in. Even on a conservative scale, Kung Fu Yoga would warrant over 800 screens. Had the film actually released on 28th January in India, the situation would have become pretty complicated for one and all."
Well, thankfully the three sided clash between Jackie Chan, SRK and Hrithik has been averted and now audiences would be glad to catch each of the three films as per their time and convenience.
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