sources are to be believed Shah Rukh Khan had gone to meet Hrithik Roshan to ask him if he can shift the release date of his upcoming film with Sanjay Gupta's Kaabil, but it turned out that Hrithik told him that the release date of the film has been decided much in advance by his father Rakesh Roshan and director Sanjay Gupta.
Shah Rukh Khan later called Rakesh Roshan to request the change of date but it was to no avail. The producer refused to change the release date and told SRK that he has announced the release date in advance and he will not change it.
Very recently Rakesh Roshan got to know that Excel Entertainment is about to announce the release date of Raees as Kaabil that is 26th January 2017. Senior Roshan called producer Ritesh Sidhwani to say that why are they coming on the same day as Kaabil he apparently said that Shah Rukh Khan met Hrithik and Hrithik promised SRK that he will shift the release to another date. But Rakesh Roshan conveyed the point again clearly saying that they will not shift the date.
Now we will have to wait and watch who moves back, between Raees and Kaabil.
A source said, "Kaabil was announced much before now both want to release their films on the same date so let's see who will shift and release on January 26th. SRK had to shift the release of Raees as Salman Khan's Sultan was clashing with his film."
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