Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapoor

Bollywood’s versatile actress Priyanka Chopra is also a famous international star. Her upcoming movie ‘Mary Kom’ a biopic, is based on the life and times of Manipur-based Olympic medalist Mary Kom. The movie is due for a release. Earlier the date was set for October 2nd, but now the release date has been changed to the last week of September, to avoid clashing with ex beau Shahid Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan’s movies. The reason being that too many films releasing on the same date eat into the profit’s.

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As per sources, “The film was all set to release on October 2. But the film’s unit is currently working on its post production and we expect to complete it soon. Keeping this in mind, we have decided to release it early. This means that it will no longer clash with Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Haider’ and Hrithik Roshan’s ‘Bang Bang’.”

Sources further added that The new move by producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali and director Omung Kumar of bringing forward the release, would be a good move. It is also said that the biopic will be released in English and Hindi in a bid to capitalize on Priyanka’s new found stardom in the international music arena.