Riteish Deshmukh’s ‘Bangistan’ release date postponed to August 7

Ritesh Sidhwani’s directorial ‘Bangistan‘ a satirical comedy on terrorism starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat has been postponed. The movie was scheduled to release next week alongside ‘Drishyam’ but will now hit the theaters on August 7, 2015.

The reason behind the postponement is Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, the makers of Bangistan are of a view that the humongous business and demand of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ will cut into their profits. Also to be considered is ‘Baahubali’ which like ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is minting at the box office.

Trade Analyst Taran Aadarsh confirming the news tweeted,

Due to unprecedented demand and historic collections of #BajrangiBhaijaan and #Baahubali, #Bangistan now shifted to 7 August.

— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) July 24, 2015

‘Bangistan’ will now release on August 7th the same day as Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Calendar Girls’.