'Tathastu' postponed.....thankfully

Today seems to be a day when Sanjay Dutt seems to be in lot of news. In addition, postponement of some of his films are also making headlines.

On one side his long delayed 'Sarhad Paar' is still waiting to see the light of the day, his 'Tathastu' that has been ready for around an year now is now getting ready to be released. Ironically the postponement of this Anubhav Sinha film is considered to a step in the right direction when normally it is the other way round.

We have been maintaining all this while that a film of this stature should be arriving with the right kind of publicity on an appropriate date but surprisingly Tathastu's release date was announced in a hurry. First it was April 21st that was shocking in itself as the film's promotion had begun just a couple of weeks back. Then a couple of days back, the release was pushed by a week but that too was hardly convincing as people had just started getting feelers about the film.

Now finally a wise decision has been taken to push the release further down by a fortnight with May 12 as the newly announced date. Coming a week after '36 China Town' [May 5], a week before 'Ankahee' [May 19] and a couple of weeks before 'Fanaa' [May 26], it may turn out to be a tight situation in May too but if the film is promoted aggressively in the weeks to follow, it should manage to find a place it truly deserves!