Rann-Veer: There's no sense in Salman & Big B's clash

Rann-Veer: There's no sense in Salman & Big B's clash
Saturday, December 19, 2009 11:58 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
/> This Republic Day audiences were all set to be treated to two big-budget films featuring the mega-stars Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan, respectively. Ram Gopal Varma's Rann and Anil Sharma's Veer were scheduled for release on 22 January.

But now the comes the news that Ram Gopal Varma's Rann has dropped out of the race.

Apparently Anil Sharma called up the Rann co-producer Sheetal Talwar explaining why and how a clash between the two films must be averted.

Says Talwar, "I saw reason in what Anil Sharma said. There's no sense in creating a no-win situation for two films. See, when Gadar and Lagaan came together things were different. But now audiences are in no mood to buy tickets for two big films in the same week."

It was supposed to be a clash of patriotic passion somewhat like Anil Sharma's Gadar and Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan which were released on June 15, 2001. Both proved to be historic blockbusters.

Both in their own ways were highly patriotic films.

Veer, like Anil Sharma's Gadar is set in Colonial India.Sharma with considerable creative assistance from his leading man Salman Khan has created what he thinks is patriotic period film.

Varma's Rann set in the modern world of media manipulation was perceived by its makers as a comment on our times and hence patriotic.

The people behind both films were adamant on a Jan 22 release. But now Talwar says, "There's no point in creating an ego issue by insisting we release Rann on the same day as Veer. One or the other film is bound to suffer at the boxoffice. Why not release a week later when we get a relatively free Friday?"
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