‘We Don’t Want…’: Salaar Producer BREAKS Silence On ‘Ugly Fights’ With SRK’s Dunki Over Screens

Salaar: Part 1, a movie starring Prabhas, will finally be released on December 22nd after being delayed several times. However, the movie will face tough competition from Shah Rukh Khan’s film Dunki, which is coming out on December 21st. Vijay Kirgandur, the producer of Salaar, has now spoken about the possibility of “unpleasant arguments” between the two movies over movie theater screens.

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“We don’t want things to be ugly,” Vijay told Bollywood Hungama.com. “We are already having meetings with the exhibitors and distributors. When we have a solo release, the occupancy generally will be around 60-70 percent. 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 percent is achieved, it’ll be a good result for both films. Even if we get more screens, the occupancy will anyway go down to 60 percent or 70 percent. 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.”