The announcement that Shah Rukh Khan and Prabhas will compete at the box office caught everyone off guard on Friday. With a revised release date for ‘Salaar’, Prabhas shared a new Salaar poster on his Instagram page. On December 22, the movies ‘Dunki’, starring Shah Rukh Khan, and ‘Salaar’, starring Prabhas, will collide.
The movie was originally scheduled to open in theaters on September 28, but it was delayed to make room for further post-production work. The production company, Hombale Films, formally announced the revised release date for the Prabhas-starring movie on September 29 (Friday). Meanwhile, when a fan questioned the Dunki release date during the most recent #AskSRK session. In his snarky response, SRK alluded to the conflict with Salaar. Then Shah Rukh said, “Dunki Fixed hi hai. Aur kya karoon Maathe pe gudwa loon!!!!”
The fight between ‘Salaar Part 1: Ceasefire’ and ‘Dunki’ this Christmas will be exciting for movie fans. The religious advisors have requested that Salaar be released on December 22, according to a report in Film Information. The reason for doing so is that the day is “an auspicious day to premiere their film,” according to the statement. The quoted text from the source said, “Obviously, to take advantage of the four-day Christmas weekend! Also, one hears that the religious advisers to the producers of SALAAR are said to have told them that 22nd December would be an auspicious day to release their film. That’s the reason they chose to come in direct opposition to DUNKI. The release of which had been finalized and announced many months earlier.”
Now that their confrontation at the box office is confirmed, SRK and Prabhas will meet once again. Conflicts frequently have an impact on the film industry’s operations. It would be fascinating to observe their box office results given that both films are big-budget and widely anticipated for 2023. The filmmakers Prashanth Neel and Rajkumar Hirani have strong track records at the box office, and they each have a sizable fan following.
