After trouncing the competition (Mohenjo Daro) during the ‘Independence Day’ weekend this year, Akshay Kumar and Neeraj Pandey were quick to announce their next film ‘Crack’ for the same weekend next year.
The announcement came just days after there were strong reports within the industry, that Imtiaz Ali and Shah Rukh Khan were eyeing the ‘freedom weekend’ to release their next film, which has already gone on floors in Prague.
Attached is our tweet on August 15, soon after ‘Crack’ was announced.
Just when there was talk that SRK – Imtiaz were looking at 11 August 2017 as a potential date for their next film, comes a big announcement!
— Indicine.com (@indicine) August 15, 2016
It’s a well known fact that Shah Rukh likes to announce the release dates of his film, only after it goes on floors. By sticking to this strategy the superstar has missed out on all the big dates.
While Eid is no longer an option for any actor other than Salman Khan, announcing films early for weekends like Diwali, Post IPL, Independence Day etc, can make the competition think twice before announcing their own film.
With the unexpected announcement of ‘Crack’ coming early, the makers of Imtiaz Ali’s film are now in two minds. If they go ahead and announce the film for the same date, it could set up yet another big clash, which puts the weaker film (even if it isn’t a bad film) at a much bigger risk.
There are other factors too – Akshay Kumar is on a career-high after two major multiplex hits in 2016. Neeraj Pandey himself has a big film like ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’, if that film works, it would make ‘Crack’ bigger.
There are also reports that the makers are considering the Dusshera weekend, which has plenty of holidays, but the concern will be ‘Pre-Diwali’ period that will curtail the box office prospects of the film in the long run.
If the clash happens, it’ll not just be SRK vs Akshay, it’ll also be a clash between two acclaimed directors – Imtiaz Ali (Socha Na Tha, Jab We Met, Rockstar, Tamasha) and Neeraj Pandey (Special 26, Baby). Vote and tell us who your favourite director is.
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Everyone out there, there’s no need for King to prove what he is, what he has achieved, what he can do, it’s time for Akshay, Bhaijaan, so called other actors to prove themselves, go & ask a small kid in school who is SRK & the answer will be in front of u guys, stop barking on others & look on to ur own shadow who u guys are, can u just for a while imagine rather commenting to others what u guys r? What can u achieve in life apart from commenting, just congratulate each other & be happy for everyone’s decisions. Always waiting to degrade others. God bless u all for ur good deeds & give u proper brains to think not to comment on others. Just read the article & be satisfied & get the information on future updates. Knowledge……………Congrats each other
it’s not looking good for srk..
@Rejan 8:46 pm : You are a chameleon. So instead of ‘advising’ others to ignore ‘SSS’, you better unmask yourself and show the world your ‘Lallupurian’ ethnicity.
‘SRK needs support from Lallupurians’ , ‘SRK should not run like a coward’ – what do you mean by these statements you loon?
Just get lost and never pretend to be an SRK fan going forward.
@Chuhe – The Dehaati RAT 5:04 pm : Probably Yes!
But trust me, if non-actor would have been participated into Olympics, his performance would have compelled Usain Bolt to beg on streets.
After all, we all know how that coward ran away with a light year speed from the accident spot of Hit-n-Run case 2002.
So Instead of appointing him as brand ambassador , Govt should have sent him to participate into Olympics. That would have drastically improved our rank in points tally.
6 big veteran superstars and cant find solo release dates….chalo sk and ak ko keeping aside….
4 of dem and still clash….
srk seems like na khud solo ayenge na tumko aane denge….hhahaah…..chalo nice for us..another clash..another thing to watch out for apart from movies..lk how it pans out…what strategies and all r adopted…
Now were are those Idiots who say Salman afraid from clash, now instead of clashing with Akki in Independence day, why not haklu is clashing with Salman on EID, this time there is no YRF banner with Salman…..So why not he release on EID……why looking for small release period that too with clash…….The fact is Srk postpond his Raees because he don’t want to clash with Salman, not because of YRF friendship…..but few Idiots always wants to give some stupid and lame excuses…..
Now never say that Salman afraid of clash…..he announced his movie on EID date now if anyone have guts then come and clash with him……
@ Student : It was an example for your mate @sss (Who is badhe ka bicycle mekanik) but not to highlight their educational background. Who needs degrees if some one can achieve the success like Salman Khan ? His movies entertained people and earn more than enough !!!!! His Job is done.
@Javed : Toh Eid ka chand aur khwab dekhta reh !!!!!!!!! In which world Eid has 7 days holidays ? As far as I know Saudi does not have any theaters, UAE gets 5 days holidays. How about in India? 7 days holidays for Eid ? Bhaai tum log sab kahan ke praani ho jo aise out of the world ki baatein karte ho ??
Akshay ki movie me kuch nya milta hai shahrukh ki.movie movie vahi gisa pitta romance
Abay ab budaape me romance krega to
Kon dekhega kuch nya b try kr
Only akshay n with neeraj pandey no question Srk will loose badly, days of Srk are over.
@Hyderabadi eNViouS 6:37 pm : So you are back after procuring a long psychiatric treatment. Ok, Please enlighten me Hyderabadi, had you watched ‘Judwaa’ on repeat during your childhood?
Why the hell do you post the same comment twice?
And this is not the first instance but was repeated multiple times.
Are you suffering from dual personality disorder? Or your fragile wife ‘Naveena Aunt’ sneaks into your laptop and copies your comment but forgets to change the ID?
I mean what exactly is the truth your buffoon?
Srk should shift the ring and release on Gandhi jayanti because he knows the power of neeraj and akki combo.
@Phenomenal Idiot, Assuming that your queen postponed her Rice film because Salman begged before her like she did to Jituji in 2013, then why the hell are you queen fans hell-bent on abusing Ritesh Sidwani & Rahul Dholakia for Rice mess?
You should have rather abused and scolded your king, no?
Poor guys, Ritesh & Rahul getting by the queen fans for the mistake of their queen!!
@JAVED the next Salman Khan film has already booked EID 2017 & 2018. The makers of any film know that it is Salman that created the blockbuster at Eid and they will not clash with his films full stop. But nobody is stopping anybody from booking any film on any dates. So I still don’t understand why you keep repeating yourself over and over like a stuck record. Indicine has already made it clear as far as Eid is concerned yet you still seem not to be intelligent enough to understand. Are you a dumb moron? Did you not go to school? Right now SRK is afraid of clashing with Salman or as a matter of fact even the small stars has beaten him. As for those of you who keep asking Indicine to list he flops of stars for the past ten years, WTF does that have to do with the present. The past does not make the slightest difference to today’s box office results, so get your heads out of the sands and look at the present and the future. No one has any control over the past but we can all golly well do something about the present and the future.
Tragedy of Lalluland : A sad tale of non-actor fans
Before Dec 2015 :
They called Ranveer as Monkey-veer and SLB as boring.
During Dec 2015 :
Licked almost ‘everything’ of Ranveer fans from every possible angle.
Before 2016 :
Called Hrithik with the names like Jadoo Boy and manipulation king
When Raees was shifted to Jan 2017 (making a possibility of clash with Kaabil) :
Licking business restarted and this time they are heard of using lubricants as well.
Before 2016 :
They called Akki Gobar and Greedy joker.
August 2016 onwards :
Akki is a superstar and licking has been started with full pace.
I want to convey just one message to these retards , degrading SRK is fine but in that process, make sure you take care of your respective tongues because so much licking will definitely bring your tongues at the verge of extinction due to repetitive erosion.
Are you getting my point?
Indicine has a strict moderation policy or else I would have explained the above scenario in a more lucid way.
On a serious note, I can bet that these lunatics can even lick the feet of Rajpal Yadav fans had his movie released along with an SRK starrer.
They are least concerned about plot and star cast, all they want is, to condemn and degrade SRK in best possible way.
On the other hand, they consider SRK as a gone case and finished star. Now I am not understanding the reason of their affection towards a ‘Finished star’.
All salman fans have been grown up with bad upbringing.that’s why they continuously calling SRK a buddha.they forget that their parents are also buddha.
I am fan of Akki & srk but akki has also defeated Srk film . Akki starrer waqt hamara hai beat srk classic Maya Memsaab date 2 July 1993 . Check on Google.com .
Ketan Shah dear you are right, but it was not just a clash Shetty – Bhansali, it was a clash of the cult pair of SRK – Kajol against a pair of Deepika – Ranveer. Even a pair of SRK – Kajol and director Rohit Shetty’s blockbuster failed to attract audiences to theaters, viewers prefer gloomy Bhansali film and this holidays! I’ve never seen that in the holidays spectators looked not masala and heavy film
I want this clash to happen.Akshay will beat SRK
What srk is going to achieve by delibarately clashing with everyone in the industry? He always booked dates too late afterwards some other movie first booked. First clashed with ad on diwali, then with bhansali on christmas, now with hrithik and akki. If he is planning to make everyone enemy for him in d industry,then he is on the right direction.
Every storm has rage
every rage has a story ………:)
its not just action
its not just story
its not just thriller
its just the deadly combo
of AK And neerAj.
epic action-thriller
coming on upcoming
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2017
Each and every obstacle will be thrashed
alarming bells mr.khan
go n show your stardom
for star of disaster(HR)
Dont even think to come on d epic action thriller way………..
Bhaag SRK,,,,
megastar has arrived…….
@ketan…… Of course I did…..
But some srk fans regularly bashing Salman without any reason…..
So they forced me to bash srk….
Especially ….@xsone,,,@sss,,,@romance,,,@javesa,,,,@fasali
So now I will bash srk fans as hard as I can
@Prashant abhishek : So according you those who called buddhas have bad upbringing and what do you say those called criminal to a person who is acquitted by HC or those who wants hang till death for hit and run case?
@javed…….r u ready to clash with Salman on 2017 Eid….
Really r u kidding…….
Okay we R ready bring it up….
We will teach a unforgettable lesson……
Come on looser……come on…..
@javed…….yes definitely 2017 Eid is perfect to srk…….lol my foot…
Srk is over now….
Okay ur idol will taste his first DISASTER in Eid 2017
@rejan..lol…..r u begging……oh..no son srk fans begging now….lol
@xzone
Go to that Imtiyaz ali article, 90s article, Top ranking article and read my cmnts. I have been arguing with @TIGER a lot of times. And if I am not satisfied with SRK postponing Raees, its my will and choice, u cant criticize me.
Me telling to forget @sss wasnt to target him, just to reduce hostility. Srk fans are not in the state of engaging in a fanwar anyway.
Anyway u cudnt tolerate a word bad even from an SRK fan shows ur unconditional love for SRK
Thats good.
@Anand
First of all tell me when will Salman take the revenge of Andaaz apna apna, Kyun ki and Main aur mrs khanna all clashes he lost with akki only. Aur btw Rakhi Sawants Dulha Mil gaya for winning Marigold
@TIGER
a lot of ur bhais content rich movies have flopped too
Khamosi
Love
Garv pride and honour
Andaaz apna apna
But these movies are classics and even I enjoy it
@ 8:46 pm
@ rejan get lost you chameleon. How the hell can you ask srk hater @hrithik to help us? Better reveal whose fan you actaully are. As @xzone said better never pretend to be a SRK fan going forward.
1 sensible comment mile to reply karu.
are haa bhai, Salman is bigger than srk ( today)
ye srk fans bhi maante h…
lekin ” HUTIYO”
you are calling akki a bigger star than KING KHAN….
SARAM KARO BE
HADD HOTI H GIR JANE KI
KITNA GIROGE
Why my comment not been posted becoz I wrote salman the insecure actor who dare to clash?
SRK and Akshay are real superstars and SRK the King of Bollywood, every movie is a treat for us.
Hope you post my comment.
And btw @xzone
If u think i m a salman fan
Read my comments at 8:33pm