Kartik Aaryan disclosed the reason for the delay in the launch of his film Shehzada, by a week, as Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan was supposed to hit the theaters. Recently he averred that the producers of Shehzada chose to delay the timeline as they felt that it was not ‘correct’ to release their film as Pathaan was going well at the box office. Kartik further added that he is a big fan of Shah Rukh and he endorsed the decision.
Pathaan, directed by Siddharth Anand, marks the grand comeback of the legend Shah Rukh Khan after four years. The movie launched in January 25 in cinemas. Pathaan also features John Abraham, Deepika Padukone, Dimple Kapadia, and Ashutosh Rana in the pivotal roles.
While speaking to RJ Siddharth Kannan, Kartik averred, “The decision was mostly of the producers and directors. Main fan hoon Shah Rukh sir ka waese bhi toh mujhe toh accha hi laga ki jab yeh shift karne ka decision horaha tha. Because woh ek tareeke se jab film aarahi hoti hai, not that I’m saying ki koi chota koi bada, I’m saying ki already woh run karrahi hai woh film. Woh bohut acche se chali hai film. Uske saath wahape aana woh correct nahi lagraha tha producers ko, so they took a call to just delay it by a week jisme kuch aesa dikkat nahi lagraha tha (I am a fan on Shah Rukh sir so I felt good when the decision to shift was taken. When a film is about to release, I’m saying one is big the other is small, I’m saying the film is already running. That film has worked really well. To release the film then didn’t seem correct to the producers so they took a call to just delay it by a week which didn’t seem difficult). We went ahead with it.”
Speaking about the film Pathaan, Kartik said, “Maine dekhi (I watched), I also reacted to it. Mujhe toh bohut acchi lagi. Kaafi acchi lagi mujhe. Mujhe infact Shah Rukh-Salman sir saath mein dekhne ka mauka mila bohut time baad woh mereko bohut zada acha laga (I liked it a lot. In fact, I got to watch Shah Rukh-Salman sir together after a long time that I liked a lot).”
Kartik’s Shehzada was supposed to hit the theaters on February 10 however later released on February 17, post the success run of Pathaan. Directed by Rohit Dhawan, Shehzada also features Kriti Sanon, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, and Ronit Roy.
