- By Simran Srivastav
- Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:55 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Salaar Vs Dunki: Filmmaker Prashanth Neel is gearing up for the release of his upcoming action flick 'Salaar', which has created a lot of hype among the fans ever since its announcement. Starring Prabhas in the lead role, the movie was earlier slated to hit the theatres in September 2023 but the makers decided to postpone it. 'Salaar' will now release on December 22 and will face an epic box office clash with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Dunki'. In a recent interview, Prashanth Neel broke his silence on 'Salaar' clashing with 'Dunki'.
In an interview with ETimes, Prashanth Neel said, "Clash is not something you ideally want, be it with a newcomer or with the biggest star of Indian cinema. But it is a very unpleasant situation for anybody to move their date to somebody else's date. We also wouldn't want somebody to move to our date when we have announced it a year before. And we also did not want to do it. But that was a logistical decision that was taken only by the production."
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He said, "We are not fearful of the fact that another movie as big as that, the combination that it has. Rajkumari Hirani sir is one of my favourite directors. I am definitely sold on going and watching Dunki. So I do understand that that's a very big movie that is coming out. But the biggest fear that we have which is always when making a movie is whether the audience is going to like it or not.."
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In an interview with Pinkvilla, Prashanth dismissed all the rumours regarding 'KGF Chapters 1 & 2' and 'Salaar' being connected. He said, "Both are different stories, different emotions with different style of story-telling. Audience should not expect another KGF from Salaar - Salaar is a world of its own, it has got its own emotion and characters. I hope people see Salaar for the story that it sets up. We have set the tone of Salaar from the first scene itself. Cinema is the most consumable story telling format in India today. All that we intend to do is a story with Salaar.”
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The trailer of 'Salaar' will release on December 1, 2023, at 7:19 PM. The movie also stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Shruti Haasan in the lead roles.