Anil Thadani (AA films) is releasing Salaar in the North.It will be a big release. He is one of the biggest distributers . Raveen his wife acted in KGF..
That had always been the plan when putting Salaar against Dunki...it's a kind of 'tit-for-tat' as AA didn't get the distribution rights for Jawan (among other reasons).
It's the second time that AA works together with the BJP-affiliated production house that made the KGF movies and Salaar. The first time, Thadani distributed a Hombale Films produced south Indian movie against a SRK movie had been Christmas 2018 with KGF 1 against Zero.
So, it's just a continuation after a gap of five years...
Imo, one can enjoy both the movies as they are different genres.
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