Mumbai: The John Abraham-Diana Penty starrer Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran has rescheduled its release date from 8th December 2017 to 23rd February 2018. The prime reason for this change is to avoid competition from Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Padmavati which is due to release on 1 December and Salman Khan's Christmas release Tiger Zinda Hai which is set to hit cinema screens on 22 December.
"Parmanu is small compared to Padmavati. It's not wise to pit our film against Bhansali's. We've locked on the 23 February date since Anushka Sharma's Pari will release earlier that month, and Akshay Kumar's Padman is also eyeing an April date. Also, we don't want to interfere with Fanney Khan (starring Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) or Tarun Mansukhani's Drive, which release in the following months," says Prernaa Arora of KriArj Entertainment, production banner of Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran, according to a Mid-Day report.
As a result, the John Abraham-Diana Penty starrer will now clash with Aditya Chopra's production Hichki, which is touted as his wife Rani Mukerji's comeback to Bollywood. Arora, however, said the makers of Parmanu:The Story of Pokhran are alright with the clash as both the films are vastly different. She also stated that there is no other option, with the makers of Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran trying to avoid a January release as they feel it will decrease the number of cinegoers in Northen belt of the country due to extreme nature of winter during those months.
The film is based on the nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in 1998.
