Maidaan vs RRR clash on Oct 13: Exhibitors will suffer, feels industry

Even as cinemas are fully to become profitable ventures once again in the postlockdown scenario two of the biggest releases this year are already lined up for a box office clash that could dent prospects of an already suffering the film trade The muchhyped RRR and Maidaan have both been confirmed for an October 13 release this yearRRR is a directorial venture of Baahubalifamed SS Rajamouli and the film stars Ram Charan Jr NTR Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn The film rumoured to be riding a budget of over Rs 450 crore is slated to releases in Telugu Hindi Tamil Kannada and Malayalam languages Maidaan is a biopic of legendary football coach Syed Abdul Rahim Starring Ajay Devgn the film is directed by Amit Sharma and is slated to release in Hindi Tamil Telegu and Malayalam languagesWhen the call of the film industry should be to stand by each other because of the rough time that we are going through due to Covid19 a date clash of two big multilingual films is the last thing that we could expect I announced my release date of Maidaan much much earlier and the release date of RRR is decided yesterday Wasnt it an ethical thing to have a talk with me for the makers of RRR before the announcement they madeExhibitors will suffer as the audience will get divided on opening day We have to give space to each other so that we can optimise the numbers in a possible way From outside it only shows that there is no brotherhood existing among each other Maidaan producer Boney Kapoor told IANSRRR poster Picture courtesyPRKapoor claimed he had called Rajamouli regarding the matter I did call him and he explained to me that deciding the release date was in the hand of the producer I am a producer and I know that when we take a call we discuss with the director lead actor and other team members firstConsidering Ajay Devgn is a lead actor in both films was he consulted and did he try to resolve the matterAjay got to know about the date clash and he suggested to the makers of RRR to have words with me because my date was announced much earlier But nobody made a call to talk to me Rather I called up Rajamouli to find a way so that both the film found space But his response was a mere formality Kapoor claimedThe film trade too would ideally want to see the clash avoidedTrade analyst Komal Nahta told IANS I think it will affect the business for sure because announcing two films of an Alister refers to Ajay Devgn on the same date ndash that too under these circumstances is not done This way both films will suffer especially in the South marketKapoor on his part is in no mood to reschedule MaidaanI have all the reason to hold my ground because we announced our date first Kapoor declared It has been said that Kapoor announced the release date of Maidaan six months agoNahta feels the current low footfalls in theatres is bound to increase and it is up to big films like RRR and Maidaan to maximise revenue intake of the film industry not cut into each others businessIn January and February the footfalls in theatres is not that good but by October the footfalls will increase So a date clash will not benefit anybody You see both these films will release in Tamil Telugu and Hindi So it will divide the numbers cut into each others space I just hope they find a solution Nahta saidWhen IANS reached out to the RRR team we were told by the films publicists So far the producers are not willing to comment on the matter If there is something we will let you knowThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever