​​​​Salman Khan moves release date of 'Antim: The Final Truth' ahead to avoid a clash with 'Sooryavanshi'

Did Rohit Shetty personally request  Salman Khan to shift the release date of the latter’s 'Antim: The  Final  Truth' to a post-Diwali Friday?

Sources say Salman was keen for a Diwali release, despite the fact that Akshay Kumar's 'Sooryavanshi' was releasing around the same time. Apparently, Salman felt there was enough room for two big releases this Diwali.

But 'Sooryavanshi'  director  Rohit Shetty went over to  Salman’s house and asked Salman to shift his film’s release date. Salman’s 'Antim', the film that features the superstar with his brother-in-law Aayush Sharma, will now release on 26 November.

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By agreeing to reschedule his film Salman was only repaying a debt to Shetty.

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For Eid  2020 Salman Khan’s  'Inshallah'(directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali) was supposed to clash with Rohit Shetty’s 'Sooryavanshi'. On Salman's request, Rohit Shetty had moved his release date to later during the month of March in  2020.

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Of course 'Inshallah' never got made and the Covid pandemic had other plans for 'Sooryavanshi'.