Salman Khan is known to release his films on Eid. He has had a release on Eid for many consecutive years now. Next year too, he has booked the date for his upcoming film, Race 3 for which he began shooting today.
Salman Khan's ex-girlfriend Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's next, Fanney Khan which was earlier slated to release in April next year has been postponed and will now release in June, alongside Race 3. Aishwarya has recently started shooting for the film in which she has a glamorous role. Race 3reportedly also stars Anil Kapoor. Hence, it will be a clash of two Anil Kapoor films.
A source told a leading daily, "It will be an exciting clash, since Aishwarya and Salman's relationship continues to hold the audience's attention, even years after it went kaput. While Salman boasts of tremendous box-office pull, Ash and Anil too have a huge fan following and will draw the audience to the theatres.
The source further adds, "Arjun N Kapoor, Prernaa Arora, Bhushan Kumar and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra met Aishwarya and Anil, who were happy to have a festival release. The team is aware of Race 3 also releasing on Eid, but they are confident of their film. "
The makers of Fanney Khan have issued a statement to a leading daily saying, "We have locked the release date of Fanney Khan on Eid 2018 (June 15). We decided on Eid because the lead character Fanney Khan, played by Anil Kapoor, is a Muslim character and there's no better day than Eid (to release it).
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