Seems like Arshad Warsi has still not got over being replaced in Jolly LLB 2 by Akshay Kumar. And in what seems to be a counterstroke, Warsi will show up on the big screen in Irada alongside Naseeruddin Shah on the same day, to clash with the release of Jolly LLB 2 on February 10.
Irada, directed by debutante Aparna Singh, deals with social causes, and has been shot in Chandigarh. Speaking to a tabloid, producer Falguni Sheth said, “Our film is ready and we are looking at an early release. We were eyeing a window next month and February 10 appears ideal.”
With Raees and Kaabil clashing at the Republic Day weekend and are expected to have a good run for a fortnight or so, the makers of Irada feel it's not a good time to release the film in the first week of February. Also, later in February is not a good time as Vishal Bhardwaj’s Rangoon with a multistarrer cast of Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor will hit the screens.
Last year, when Jolly LLB 2 was announced, Arshad had allegedly said, “I was supposed to do it, but the studio needed a bigger star. If you have a bigger star, then even if the film is not that good, you still manage to recover the money, so the risk factor from the producer’s point of view is less. It bothers me a bit, but not that much. I was the one who convinced Subhash (Kapoor, director) to go ahead and do it [cast Akshay] since he was not willing to.”
When asked about taking over Jolly LLB 2, Akshay had said, “Itis the producer’s call. I did Welcome (2007), but not Welcome Back (2015); I did not feel bad. It was my franchise, so should I feel bad?” When the tabloid asked Falguni about the clash between ex-Jolly and new Jolly, and she says,
“That will be interesting, but we are weighing all options, not that too many are available.
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