Finance
By: Shree1news, 05 MAR 2021
The Diwali 2021 weekend was set to be a battle field with a three-way clash on the box-office between the Akshay Kumar fronted, Prithviraj, the Shahid Kapoor starrer Jersey and the union of 4 deols – Dharmendra, Bobby, Sunny and Karan – Apne 2. Pinkvilla has exclusively learnt that the family drama directed by Anil Sharma will not release during the festive weekend, and has been pushed ahead for a 2022 release. In accordance with source, the shoot schedule of the movie has been pushed by a few months, and therefore, they won’t be capable of meet the deadline of releasing on Diwali.
“It’s still being scripted and as in opposition to the initial plan of taking the film on floors by the month of April, the makers have now pushed the schedule to July. Apne has found appreciation from a section of audience, and taking it forward as a franchise is a challenge in itself. Anil Sharma and his staff of writers, together with the Deol’s are working towards nice tuning the script, and also other parts of pre-production,” revealed a source close to the development.
Apne 2 takes off from where Apne ended, and this time around, the most recent entrant to the cast, Karan, too will be playing a boxer in the emotional action drama. More details are still awaited. In the meanwhile, it’s now going to be just a two-way clash during the Diwali weekend, between Prithviraj and Jersey. Whereas the Akshay Kumar movie is a mega budget period drama on King Prithviraj Chauhan directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi marking the acting debut of Manushi Chillar, the Shahid Kapoor movie is a remake of Telugu hit, Jersey, with Mrunal Thakur as the female lead.
Source:A-N
