Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha & Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan set to lock horns at box office
The makers of Laal Singh Chaddha on Tuesday announced that the film’s release date had been postponed. The Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer was supposed to be released on April 14th, but it was postponed because the film was still under production. Now, Laal Singh Chaddha will release on August 11 and, clashing with Akshay Kumar's upcoming film Raksha Bandhan which also releases on the same date.
According to news reports, Akshar Kumar will not change the release date for Raksha Bandhan. The film, written by Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dillon, is produced by Color Yellow Productions and Cape Of Good Films in collaboration with Zee Studios. Kumar completed the film's production in October of last year.
Laal Singh Chaddha was previously scheduled to clash with Yash and Sanjay Dutt's KGF: Chapter 2. It looks like that Aamir and his team chose to postpone the release in order to prevent a clash with the Yash starrer. Jersey, a film starring Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur, is now scheduled to clash with KGF: Chapter 2.
Directed by Advait Chandan, Laal Singh Chaddha is an adaptation of the 1994 American film Forrest Gump, which is based on Winston Groom's 1986 novel of the same name. The original film starred Tom Hanks in the lead role and received critical acclaim. Kareena Kapoor Khan also plays an important role in the remake, as does Naga Chaitanya, who makes his Hindi film debut.
