Ajay appeals to KJo to change ADHM release date

Clash of the Titans

When two top producers"one, an A-list male star, the other an A-list filmmaker"announced the same release date for their respective directorial ventures, industrywaalas suspected that one of the two would eventually change it, not wanting to run the risk of being flattened by the competition.

Both producers, however, made the right noises publicly, insisting that there was enough scope for both films to open well during the big festival weekend. As release date gets closer, neither has budged from his spot. Perhaps each is extremely confident of what he's made.

However, news is coming in now that one of the two producers recently sent a very formal email to the studio boss releasing the other producer's movie. The email"apparently very business-like"was an appeal to the studio to shift its release date. The producer who'd written the email pointed out that he'd claimed the date first so it was only fair that the studio back off.

The studio boss reportedly had a good laugh at the email, but has no plans to so much as consider the rival producer's appeal. His project, after all, is a major multi-starrer and one of the most anticipated films of the year. Plus, it's the studio's big potential money-spinner in what has been an unusually good year for it. It could be exactly the blockbuster its needs to wipe out its mistakes of the previous year, one of the worst it has had so far.

As it turns out, the unpleasantness this clash will likely result in can only add to the already strained personal relationship between both producers. They were friends until a few years ago, and then famously fell out.

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/cinema/guess-who-s-ready-to-come-round#page2