Film producer Vijay Kiragandur reveals Prabhas starrer ‘Salaar’ release date based on Astrology

December 2023 is going to be a clashing month as two big projects are set to be released together. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is coming up with his 3rd movie of the year Dunki directed by popular director Rajkumar Hirani which is set to hit the theatres on December 21.

South superstar Prabhas will also come up with his much-awaited movie Salaar directed by Prashanth Neel set to be released on December 22. It’d be interesting to see which movie will make more business. Meanwhile, Salaar producer Vijay Kirgandur recently revealed the reason behind releasing the movie on December 22. He said that they announced the date based on Astrology.

“Yes. We announced the date based on our beliefs. So yes, we do believe in certain aspects. We always plan our dates in this manner for 10-12 years and we’ll do so even in future. That’s how we announced December 22 and then we didn’t prepone a day though Dunki and Aquaman are coming on December 21.” Kirgandur was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.

We hope to get 50-50 screens in the best scenario: Vijay Kirgandur

Kirgandur further added and said that both Salaar and Dunki should get 50-50 screens as he doesn’t want things to go ‘ugly’. Along with Salaar and Dunki, the Hollywood action-thriller Aquaman will also hit the theatres at the same time. It’d be interesting to see which movie will get more screens.

“When we have a solo release, the occupancy generally will be around 60-70%. Some screens will go to Aquaman but between Salaar and Dunki, we hope to get 50-50 screens in the best scenario. In such a scenario, if an occupancy of 90-100% is achieved, it’ll be a good result for both films.” Kirgandur said.

“Even if we get more screens, the occupancy will anyway go down to 60% or 70%. What we are planning is that we should get more occupancy, even if we get fewer screens than what we would have got if Salaar was a solo release. Even Overseas, these discussions are going on. Programming is the key now and that’s what we are focusing on, without getting into ugly fights,” he added.