SRK's Raees to move to 2017?

Shah Rukh's Raees to move to 2017?

Harshada Rege

Shah Rukh Khan has been hunting for a good date for the release of Raees. He does not wish to clash with Salman Khan-starrer Sultan on Eid. Obviously, he wants to come on a festival/holiday date because that means bigger collections at the box-office. Unfortunately, those dates are booked in advance, so this time, it looks like a clash is inevitable.

According to an insider, "Shah Rukh is looking to postpone his film to 2017. He wants the date, January 26. But there is another film on that date. Hrithik Roshan's home production Kaabil, directed by Sanjay Gupta. SRK has had a word with the Roshans. There are not many choices left. And he cannot indefinitely postpone the film. He has to take a call soon."

Earlier, SRK was considering the July date with Dishoom starring Varun Dhawan, but then he changed his mind. It was suggested to the star that he ask Karan Johar to move ahead from his Diwali date, so he could release his film on that day, because his films have always worked during the Festival of Lights. But that option was not feasible. There were also some murmurs about how King Khan was looking at a Christmas release because Aamir's Dangal was planning to move from that slot to the Republic Day weekend. But now, it is clear that Dangal will release on December 23, as announced, which leaves SRK with no option but to move to January 2017.