Rajkumar Hirani rubbishes rumours of Eid 2018 release for Dutt Biopic

Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani has rubbished baseless rumours of his next directorial ‘Sanjay Dutt Biopic’ releasing during the Eid weekend next year.

The film was previously announced for theatrical release in March 2018, but after the ‘Tubelight’ debacle last week, media-created reports started doing the rounds that Vidhu Vinod Chopra is now targeting the Eid weekend.

In a statement, Hirani said “All these are baseless rumours. The film will release as per schedule in March 2018.”

The film stars Ranbir Kapoor in the lead. It also has Paresh Rawal (Sunil Dutt), Manisha Koirala (Nargis), Dia Mirza (Manyata Dutt), Sonam Kapoor (Tina Munim), Karishma Tanna (Madhuri Dixit) and Anushka Sharma.

The untitled Dutt biopic is scheduled to release in theatres on March 30.

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49 Comments

  • Tubelight flopped doesn’t mean you have now clash with salman khan… He is now more careful about his projects

  • Sadly to Srk fans, no one dares to clash with Salman. If Srk with his biggest masala raees did not find any chance to stand against Salman film.

  • Let’s take a moment & laugh on SRK Fans who were more excited about Eid Release of Dutt than Ranbir Fans

  • Remo’s film releasing on Eid2018 Starring Salman Khan…
    everything related to that film including screenplay,character etc…has been locked

  • Dil se we Salman fans want clash. We all hopefully relaxing as this is 2010-19 & not 2000-09. Come. Who has daring.

  • SERIOUSLY THIS MEDIA GUYS ARE USELESS.

    M AGAINST ALL THIS STUFF..

    HOW CAN THEY WRITE OFF SALMAN KHAN WITH JUST ONE FAILURE..

    HE IS STILL TO BIG AT THIS MOMENT..

    THEY SHOULD RESPECT KHANS KUMAR AND HR..

    THEY DID LOT FOR THIS INDUSTRY WITH JUST ONE OR TWO DEBACLE DOESNT MAKE THE LESSER..

    THEY STILL STAND TALL..

    SALMAN WILL HAVE EID 2018 ALSO.. AND I BEING FAN OF SRK LOVE TO WATCH SALMAN ON EID..

    NOTE= I DONT HATE SALMAN KHAN.. I BASH HIM COZ OF HIS FANS..WHICH MAKE ME DO SO

  • Rk ya Srk. Koi pharak nehi parta.. Jai ho baad bhi log said Salman finished, prdp ke baad bhi. In reality, Salman is the man who has made greatest comeback in history of cinema.

  • Hehehe…..red chillies PR in full steam…..their global star ran away last eid with his tail tucked behind, so spreading this rumour, so that someone has the balls to clash with Salman on Eid.

    Ek baar kya movie flop hogayi, logon ko badi galatfehmi ho gayi hain.

    Hirani ko dimaag hain…..so he will not afford a clash with Salman in the immediate future.

  • D3 with prabhudeva will be better than d2. And Salman needs just a ordinary film like kick with Amy jackson instead of Jacqueline. and rest assured. A blockbuster.

  • March is great choice. Flim will easily hit no need of Eid diwali Christmas etc. If have good content. Then why worry.

  • I think we will see an official announcement for Eid 2018 in the next 2 weeks or so . Every big date next year has been occupied . Diwali with Aamir, Christmas with SRK, Gandhi Jayanti with Varun, Republic Day with Akshay and Sid and Independence Day with Akshay as well . Dutt is an extremely important film for Ranbir as he needs a big hit after YJHD . It will be an acid test for Rajkumar Hirani because this time he is not working with Aamir and he is going out of his comfort zone with this film . If all goes well Dutt will be the Highest Grosser in the month of March beating BKD . !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Why would he clash lol. The date they picked it great. Jungle Book and BB2 both released around the same time and became massive, so clearly there is an corridor here to bring in the audience, specially when content is good. Dutt will rock on this date and do 175-200cr.

  • eid is reserved for salman even if he makes distributors kangal with solo 2-3 weeks free run release. for all rickshawala launde lapads….too much fun

  • Hirani is among top 5 boxoffice kings

    1.shanker
    2.rajamouli
    3.rajnikanth
    4.salman
    5.hirani

  • Acid test for hirani? Rotfl

    Hirani without aamir is better than hirani with aamir

  • Wtf is up with festival release date if content is good it will work look at bahubali 2!! These stupid thinking its a joke!!

  • My Respect for Rajkumar Hirani. He knows what disaster Jagga Jasoos will turn into, so he is giving enough time post its pending debacle to neutralize the effect and perception on Ranbir, before Dutt’s biopic hits the big screen in March 2018. Very smart guy I must say.

  • Born For Hrithik
    July 4, 2017 at 12:40 pm
    Release it on Christmas 2017. It will officially end EID made Superstar’s Career.

    People knows well who made EID unlike ur actor who depends on PAPA ji or we have Mohenjogarbage and Nakaabil Filkraft PAPA Calculator.

    Every PapaJi produced films r famous for one thing and that is Calculator…

  • How can people compare fan opening day with tube light?
    Fan with partial holiday 19cr., actual value 15-16cr.
    T on a ramdan friday (last Friday of ramdan is most significant ruja) did 21cr without any holiday.

  • Sultan+ half eid opening 36cr(I forgot ) day.
    Is comparable to raees opening day 21cr+30% holiday advantage: 21+7=28cr

  • Megastar is salman. An introduction song is rolled in for his grand entry in his most movies.
    Jai jai in bb, jalwa in wanted, a song in d1/d2, character in ready, bodyguard as well.
    Film name is chosen to justify the megastar. Dabangg(fearless), Sultan, Tiger, bhaijaan.

  • Who said it will be acid test because Hirani is coming without Amir? Don’t you have seen Munnabhai films. Munnabhai MBBS was hit while Lage raho Munnabhai was blockbuster. Hirani doesn’t need any superstar.

  • Salman in clash and without EDX is an odinary star…..raju hirani is a jam of bollywood his movies always worked on WOM and sustained upto 50 days not like SK 2 week…..so salmaan k chamcho salmaan ko clash se bachao yahi uske liye sahi h …. Kab tak dishoom dhishoom k sahare jindaa rhegaa aur kab tak kahega TZH TZH………lol…….

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