Unpleasant Situation: Prashanth Neel On 'Dunki' Vs 'Salaar' Clash

Filmmaker Prashanth Neel has said that it was an "unpleasant situation" for anybody to change the date to somebody else's date as his movie 'Salaar' is set to clash with Shah Rukh Khan's 'Dunki'

In an interview with The Times Of India, the 'KGF' creator said, "The clash is not something you ideally want, be it with a newcomer or with the biggest star of Indian cinema. But it is a very unpleasant situation for anybody to move their date to somebody else's date. We also wouldn't want somebody to move to our date when we have announced it a year before. And we also did not want to do it."

Neel said that the decision on the release date was solely a logistical one made by the production house. Usually, he and his team don't involve themselves in the aspects of what the production is going to decide as a release date because the production team does not interfere in his process of filmmaking. Therefore, he does not interfere in their process of marketing or the release dates.

Shah Rukh Khan's 'Dunki' will hit the screens worldwide on December 21, and the Prabhas-starrer will be out a day later.

Nonetheless, the filmmaker said that he is a fan of Rajkumar Hirani and will watch Shah Rukh Khan's film. He said, "Rajkumar Hirani sir is one of my favourite directors. I am definitely sold on going and watching Dunki. So I do understand that that's a very big movie that is coming out. But the biggest fear that we have which is always when making a movie is whether the audience is going to like it or not."

'Salaar' is produced by Hombale Films and also stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Shruti Haasan. Whereas 'Dunki' has Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal in key roles.