Karan Johar says Eid is owned by Salman Khan and he won’t release a film at that time

Last year, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan were all set to clash at the box office on Eid with their respective films ‘Raees’ and ‘Sultan’. But, the former opted not to clash with the latter. And now, even Karan Johar has said that he won’t release his film on Eid as it is owned by Salman Khan. (Also Read: Salman Khan’s reaction to ‘Bigg Boss 10’ winner Manveer Gurjar being married is shocking)

At the trailer launch of ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’, Karan said, “I don’t want to (release films during Eid). That is owned by Salman Khan… We are here to release films so that we can optimise numbers. We have to look at who is releasing a film before and after us and choose a right date accordingly.”

“We have to see lot of verticals before releasing a film. We have to strategies a release date, the post work of a film is very critical. The release date is becoming more challenging and we toy about it a lot,” he added.

Well, ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ is hitting the screens during Holi, and will be Varun and Alia’s first festive release. Varun said, “We are releasing the film on Holi. It’s my first festive release so I am very excited. We never get these days (festive dates). I will start from Holi and then move to Diwali, Eid.” To this Karan quipped, “We will also clash.”

Murtuza Iqbal

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