CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 14/01/2018: Film-maker and producer Karan Johar on the Hindu Lit for Life in Chennai on Sunday.
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Producer Karan Johar is seemingly miffed with Bollywood studios shifting to conflict with one other launch ‘without the courtesy of a phone call’.
On Monday, the makers of Merry Christmas, starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi and directed by Sriram Raghavan, introduced the movie’s launch date as December 15, 2023. As it occurs, Yodha, the primary of an motion franchise starring Sidharth Malhotra and produced by Johar’s Dharma Productions, is additionally releasing on the identical day. The movie’s launch date was announced earlier this month on July 3.
On Instagram Threads, Johar expressed his displeasure concerning the box-office conflict with out naming both movie. He wrote, “Clashing on a date without the courtesy of a phone call is hopefully not the way forward for the studios and producers …. If we don’t stand united in these tough and challenging theatrical days then calling us a fraternity is futile….”
Merry Christmas is produced by Ramesh Taurani’s Tips Films and Matchbox Pictures. The movie is a bilingual shot in Hindi and Tamil.
Box-office clashes are a common phenomenon throughout industries. Besides the Barbie–Oppenheimer conflict this week, the Hindi movies Gadar 2 and OMG 2 are clashing in theatres on August 11, alongside with Bhola Shankar (Telugu) and Jailer (Tamil) releasing on the identical date. In 2016, Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil had famously clashed with Ajay Devgn-starrer Shivaay in theatres.