January 25 will see a major box office clash of 2017 as “Kaabil” and “Raees” will hit the theaters on the same day. But actor Hrithik Roshan feels the clash could have been avoided if the producers of the Shah Rukh Khan starter had planned things in a good manner.
The 43-year-old star admitted that his producer father, Rakesh Roshan, is “hurt” seeing the way things have turned out. The actor is playing a role of a visually-challenged in the film Kaabil.
He said, “My father plans his life very well. He was also very careful. ‘Kaabil’ was about to get over in October. But he did not want to release it in November or December last year as the dates were already taken by someone else and it would not have been fair. He decided to go to January as he didn’t want to put any other producer in distress.
“My father is careful and concerned for others so he also expects other to be the same way. He is a little hurt and upset. But he is graceful about it. You can’t control the world you can only control your reaction and our reaction is very graceful so now let’s see,” said Hrithik in an interview.
However, the actor made it clear that he has no hard feelings for anyone attached with “Raees” as he knows that the team is not doing it deliberately. “People attached to ‘Raees’ are not doing it intentionally. There is nothing like revenge. But if they had planned it better and had executed it better then this clash would not have happened.”
Hrithik also believes that “Raees” had already been pushed a lot. “I think ‘Raees’ also didn’t have any choice. The film is waiting for a release date for quite some time. It was supposed to release with ‘Sultan’ but it got pushed. They are also in a problem. My sadness is only that if the party had planned it a little better than this clash would not have happened,” he said.
Generally, producers avoid releasing two big films at a same time as they affect each other’s business.
