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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@ srkians
As @xzone said this @ rejan is a chameleone. Stop following or liking his/her comments.
And everybody is here just to pull SRK one small hints is enough for selling indicine in the name of SHah rukh khan. After all he is the King rest is rest that’s why entire population is after him.
@ anand original
Why not accepting of @ wwe’s bet at @5:42? So confident of srk losing why not accepting challenge?
@phenominal idiot
It’s your global king who runs away from Eid in fear of Bhai. But according to your Loongiwala logic Bhai is the not global king…. Hahaha.
Yes, excusewale did more than BM in overseas. But what about domestic, where the Ranveer starrer thrashed the combo of global king+ galaxy Megastar+ duniya ka sabse bada superstar+ kajol+ Varun+ kriti+ Rohit shetty+ Superhit music..!!!
Omg! So according to you loongiwalas PK collected 300+cr due to Anushka! Fine, now see Anushka has already delivered 300cr grossers but your global king is struggling to surpass 80cr mark. Hence, according your logic…. 1 Anushka>>>> 4 global king…. Hahahaha..
Akki already take revenge from UTV for Ce, now he ready to take revenge from Srk for Ce. Too much fun…!
According to Loongiwalas their global king runs away from Eid this year due to the relationship between srk & Aditya Chopra. But Aditya Chopra is not involved in Tubelight. Still WTH their global king is fearing of it??? Shouldn’t he clashes with Tubelight to take the BADLA???
@prashant
“When SRK run away from Eid then everyone criticize him.”
So you srkians are accepting that your global king ran away from Eid…. LOL.
Imtiaz makes the same movie over and over again with slight changes
@s.a.s
Yes we Bhai fans are poor and losers. Because….
Our Bhai runs away from Eid in fear of global king.
Bhai is struggling to surpass 80cr mark and your global king is giving 300cr grossers.
Bhai has been struggling to deliver a HGOTY since last 9 years.
LOL.
@indicine
what about post ipl? Any movie booked for that? Are baahubali and baadshao post ipl releases?
@hritik
how many days are eid holiday in India? Just wanted to know
@spamzone 6:05pm
Abey moronic Loongiwala, Bhai is rulling the industry since his debut (1989). Actually it’s your global king who born after 2000 (also died in 2008). Take a look….
Total Net Collections for each actor between 1990 – 1999:
Salman Khan – 375 crore
Shah Rukh Khan – 327 crore
Average net box office collections per film between 1990 – 1999
Salman Khan – 12.9 crore
Shah Rukh Khan – 11.7 crore
Success Ratio i.e Above Average or better
Salman Khan – 52%
Shah Rukh Khan – 39%
Hit Ratio i.e Hit or Better
Salman Khan – 45%
Shah Rukh Khan – 32%
Highest grosser of the decade
Salman Khan – 69cr.
Shah rukh Khan – 61cr.
For confirmation you moronic loongitards can check here http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/145301/comment-page-8/#comments.
Calling Bhai a non actor! FYI in fear of non actor Bhai your global king runs away from Eid. Just imagine if he would have been a decent actor tera bhagoda toh kabka khudkhushi kar chuka hota… Hahaha.
Date of SRK’s film hasn’t been announced yet but still some people have started making mountain out of mole. So much fuss about one person, then truly he is the biggest moviestar ever. People can never get enough of him. Some people have already started predicting without seeing any poster, trailer etc.
@xzone-Bro you have an awesome sense of humour, that too in a very refined way. Keep it up.
@Rejan-I have seen some very good comments from you, but even if you try to sound neutral, please don’t say things like ‘salmaniacs need to support SRK’ etc. SRK is very much lovable, whoever wants to love and support him, he can. Whoever trolls him, let them show their cheap vulgarity.
At present, it’s a forgone conclusion that Srk will loose a clash with anyone if he (Srk)comes with a bad film. So why not clash on eid & loose to salman. At least Srk has a chance of snatching eid for future years if his film turns out to be good as salman films are mostly average. The only logical reason of the fear of Srk to clash with Salman could be that Srk has a 100% guarantee that his film is super bad in content & just wants to make quick money during weekends which is not possible if clash with Salman.
One think I have noticed,, before release of srk movie its very strong, intriguing, blaa blah,, after release,,, lul!!! I am fan of quality movie so askay here!!!! Crack will be based on society problem., I believe!!! Bring it on,,, ha-ha,, the ring will be clash with raees end of day!!!
@zuuheeb 8:50pm
Bhai’s average grosser Jai Ho footfalls>>>>> global king’s content rich classic CDI footfalls. What’s your take on if???
LOL.
he is the king he will thrash akshay like anything… akshay fans chenna express vs ouatimd bhool gay kyaa …
@5:04pm Tiger- owner of the RatZone prison where spammers are improsoned for life…!
Hahaha too much fun
Yes our Pluto King would win a Gold Medal but we both know he will not be representing India but Prisonstan…!
@RatZone
Lol
Well atleast the hyderabadi eNViouS is capable of leaving duplicate comments which is more than can be said of your wife Complan Boy who needs the assistance of spellcheck to ensure he spells his name correctly on each comment coz I can testify to have seen atleast 2 comments where he spelt his name with one ‘S’ too many…!
Neeraj pandey …such a classic ..director …i saw …A wednesday ….movie what a movie what a climax ..he has such a great knowledge ..about how ..to direct
.movie ….Specail26 ..nd baby ..still running in my mind….! If he will ..make movie with salma sir …definitely …movie would be ..get ..verdict Alltime blockbuster …and easily enter
.300 cr club…!
Khildii…akki sir he is also a very very big star …if ..he will get solo relses ..in 2017 independance .day weekend…then movie ..will easily collect ..150 to 175 cr..!!
Nreeraj sir ki movie mai ek romanch h ..ek suspense..h …or uper se aaki sir such a brilliant….actor maza aa jata h …both combo is very good ….but i want to see neeraj pandey ..work with salman khan…!!
Best of khilldi bhaiya…!!
@ Rejan
Another fact:
You are a chameleon.
# Fact
@xzone : For us, Still J@doo and J0ker exist along the smeag0l queen from pluto. If things can be changed by licking or just showing support over some sites I can assure you that majority of lickers and such supporters will be SRK fans as they always busy getting Youtube crown for queen and winning various polls !!!!
@9:22pm RatZone
No doubt bhai would do India proud at the olympics but he should instead try n win Gold medals at some of those shooting/ rifle/ air pistol events as we all know he certainly knows how to handle a weapon with deadly accuracy…! :-P
@spmanzone 9:22pm
Abey dumbistani loggerheaded apna GK badha. Respected Bombay high court has freed him from all the charges. Koi dhang ka reply nhi mila toh kuch bhi bakta rehega kya??? Grow up you emptyheaded jerk!
9:45pm:
When/where did we call Ranveer as Monkey-veer and SLB as boring??? You must be living in plutopur or bakrapur. Because in India we had never used such words for Ranveer.
Yes, here we are showing the real AUKAAT of your Loongiwala. But we are not praising Akki either. Hence, how can you call it licking??? Oh! Sorry, I forgot that you are a brainless Loongiwala, so anything can say.
Actually licking is that what your global king did to Jituji to postpone OUATIMD. Wanna see more examples of licking? Then check here http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/shah-rukh-khan-meets-rakesh-roshan/
We concern about the almost finished star because his ikka-dukka bhikhari fans whole the day blabber nonsenses on Bhai. Also we want ‘almost finished’ star to be completely finished.
It’s really funny to see everyone is after SRK . Obviously who is gonna pulls someone’s leg who are below, Shah Rukh is on top so everyone is looking up to pull him down but sadly it never happens he is the King of Bollywood got it people!
#Rejan …don’t worry about …xzone..comment….
U r srk fan …!! Everybody know it yr …!!
u r good man thats why ..he doesn’t like your comment about …friendship…with salman khan fan..!
U r going very well keep it up…and ..show your ablity and comment ..to safe …srk sir carrier….!
Hum bhi lage pade h !! Tum bhi lage raho
….!!!
@Tiger the real rickshawala-how many times will you keep posting the 90’s manipulated data? Hasn’t he been the teesra khan for 2 long decade according to BOI? Even a grade 5 student knows that lallu was born after 2010.
@xzone – hats off to your sense of humour.
Now its trend bash srk if there is nothing else to do
The Ring is much much bigger due to the presence of Anushka Sharma. Anushka-SRK combo is awesome.
@tiger
you are poor and loosers because despite all this unprecedented achievements of bhai ( which I myself admire)
you are here spreading hatred and extreme negativity toward a star ( zehar ugal ra h bhai tu)
If srk would have been there in the place of Salman ( today) ,
I would have never cared about any other star, forget about bashing one particular star in almost every comment, in every article, every day of an year.
have some shame Atleast.