Kartik Aaryan revealed the rationale for delaying the discharge of his movie Shehzada, by every week, for Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan. In a brand new interview, Kartik stated that the producers of Shehzada took the decision as they did not assume it was ‘appropriate’ to launch their movie as Pathaan was going robust on the field workplace. Kartik added that being a fan of Shah Rukh he favored the choice. (Also Read | Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon’s Shehzada postponed by every week ‘out of respect for Pathaan’)
Pathaan, helmed by Siddharth Anand, marks Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback movie after 4 years. The film launched on January 25 in theatres. Pathaan additionally stars John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Dimple Kapadia, and Ashutosh Rana within the lead roles. The thriller follows the titular spy (Shah Rukh) who comes out of exile to cease terrorist group Outfit X from launching a debilitating assault on India.
In an interview with RJ Siddharth Kannan, Kartik stated, “The decision was mostly of the producers and directors. Main fan hoon Shah Rukh sir ka waese bhi toh mujhe toh accha hi laga ki jab yeh shift karne ka decision horaha tha. Because woh ek tareeke se jab film aarahi hoti hai, not that I’m saying ki koi chota koi bada, I’m saying ki already woh run karrahi hai woh film. Woh bohut acche se chali hai film. Uske saath wahape aana woh correct nahi lagraha tha producers ko, so they took a call to just delay it by a week jisme kuch aesa dikkat nahi lagraha tha (I am a fan on Shah Rukh sir so I felt good when the decision to shift was taken. When a film is about to release, I’m saying one is big the other is small, I’m saying the film is already running. That film has worked really well. To release the film then didn’t seem correct to the producers so they took a call to just delay it by a week which didn’t seem difficult). We went ahead with it.”
Talking about watching Pathaan, Kartik stated, “Maine dekhi (I watched), I also reacted to it. Mujhe toh bohut acchi lagi. Kaafi acchi lagi mujhe. Mujhe infact Shah Rukh-Salman sir saath mein dekhne ka mauka mila bohut time baad woh mereko bohut zada acha laga (I liked it a lot. In fact, I got to watch Shah Rukh-Salman sir together after a long time that I liked a lot).”
Kartik’s Shehzada was scheduled to launch on February 10 however hit the theatres every week in a while February 17, following the success of Pathaan. Helmed by Rohit Dhawan, Shehzada additionally stars Kriti Sanon, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, and Ronit Roy. It is an official Hindi remake of the Telugu movie Ala Vaikunthapurramloo which starred actor Allu Arjun within the lead function.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com