2018:
Republic Day - Padmaavat (Released already)
Holi - Drive, Parmanu, Hate Story 4 & Pari (Expecting some postpones though)
Eid - Race 3
Independence Day - Gold
Gandhi Jayanti - Untitled Next of Vishal Bhardwaj starring Deepika Padukone & Irrfan Khan
Diwali - Thug of Hindostan
Christmas - Zero
2019:
Republic Day - Super 30
Holi - Kesari
Eid - Bharat
Independence Day - Brahmastra
Gandhi Jayanti - YRF Next starring Hrithik & Tiger
Diwali - Housefull 4
Christmas - KICK 2
2020:
Eid - Dabangg (Rumoured)
Christmas - Krrish 4
One of the main reason for so advance booking is because of the recent Clashes and Film-makers want to be safe by booking the release before anybody else can even think abt it and fixing some deals with Distributors and Exhibitors reducing the risk in case somebody decides to clash.
and Because of this, if any producer plans to release his movie on holiday, he will either have to wait for 2 years (2020) or will have to clash with one of these.
Now the Big Question is- Is it right to book the date so early ?? Because this is just a beginning. In the upcoming years, we may witness next 5 years holidays being already booked.
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