Sudhir Mishra's 'Daasdev' release date pushed by another week

With multiple films releasing this Friday, makers of Daas Dev have decided to push the release of the film by a week. Sudhir Mishra-directed film will now release in theatres on April 27.

Starring Rahul Bhat, Richa Chadha and Aditi Rao Hydari, the film is a modern-day retelling of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic novel Devdas.

It was earlier slated to release on April 20.

The news of the date shuffle was announced on the film's Twitter page.

A statement by the banner, Saptarishi Cinevision Production, read that the team "voluntarily pushed/extended" the release date of the film to April 27 to avoid clash with films opening this week.

Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi's first India-set film Beyond The Cloudsand Abhay Deol-Patralekhaa-starrer Nanu Ki Januare among films set to release this Friday.

"With around four Bollywood films and few regional films releasing on April 20, the makers felt that they required a cleaner window to reach out to the audience. Keeping this in mind producers and the distribution team took a strategic call to push the film's release by a week," the statement read.

"I trust my release partners-presenter and distributor. I believe they are doing a fabulous job backend. We have a clutter-free date now and every producer makes a film with this anticipation of a dream run, so have I," producer Sanjeev Kumar said in the release.

The film's release date has been changed a few times before. It was earlier scheduled to release on 23 March but was pushed to April 20th to avoid a clash with Rani Mukerji's Hichki which released on the said date.

Set against the backdrop of Uttar Pradesh, Daas Devis a film about power, love and addiction. It will explore the reverse journey of Devdas - from a servant (das) to a god (dev).
This film has been presented by Storm Pictures and distributed by Shringar film.