The SRK-Farah Khan war only gets hotter. Rumour has it that King Khan has influenced Eros International to shift the release date of Ajay Devgn-Kajol starrer Toonpur Ka Superhero from December 17 to December 24, 2010, so that Farah's film does not go uncontested at the box-office.
If true, this is a rather strange, as Shah Rukh does not seem to mind if not-exactly-best-friend Ajay Devgn's film eats into former best buddy Farah's Tees Maar Khan. It must have been a tough call. SRK is very close to the Kishore and Sunil Lulla, head honchos of Eros International, ever since they produced Om Shanti Om, which Farah directed.
As already known, Shah Rukh kept dillydallying on Farah Khan's forthcoming film. When Farah decided to cast Akshay in the film, it did not go down too well with King Khan. Matters came to head when Shah Rukh even refused to show interest in Farah's offer to act in a remake of the 1983 super hit, Satte Pe Satta (Mumbai Mirror, May 5, 2010).
On Saturday, we bumped into the co-producer of Toonpur Ka Superhero, Kumar Mangat, at the first-look party of his film Dil Toh Bachcha Hai Ji at Cinemax. When questioned him on this change of date, he said, "Aisa nahi hai. Toonpur Ka Superhero ka producer main hoon aur maine uska release date decide kiya."
We sent a text message to Sunil Lulla. The company's official spokesperson denied this. "Toonpur Ka Superhero has been scheduled for Christmas Eve as it is a children/family entertainer. No other reason. So, December 24 would be a perfect time to release the film as vacations would have begun by then," said the spokesperson. Point noted.
When asked why the release of the film has shifted from December 17 to December 24, the spokesperson replied, "Eros International has a film, No Problem, scheduled for December 10." SRK and Farah Khan remained unavailable for comment. But the countdown, it seems, has begun.
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