Aamir Khan's 'P.K.' may create domino effect on a lot of movies

In a business where insecurity is the only constant, several Bollywood superstars and A-list filmmakers are running helter-skelter in their bid to salvage their release date in the last quarter of 2014.
What has caused this pandemonium? Hmm. One reported move. It is being alleged that Aamir Khan, who is now becoming superstitious about Christmas being the period when he can strike platinum at the box office, is contemplating moving his Rajkumar Hirani film P.K. from June 6 to December 25.
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Where is the threat, is the next question? Well, if Raju Hirani, the big daddy of cinema moves his film, then this will have a domino effect on a lot of movies bunched together between the period of October 2 (Gandhi Jayanti) and December 25 (Christmas).
Here’s how things will play out...
As of now, Hrithik Roshan is sitting on the October 2 slot for Bang Bang. Incidentally, this is the best period for a movie to release this year. October 2 (Thursday) is a national holiday. October 3 is Dassera. So, the film that comes on this day will get a four-day week with two big holidays thrown in.
Saif Ali Khan is supposedly trying to come on this date with Phantom. Will he manage? For that matter, Hrithik, too, has a lot of ground to cover, if he wants this coveted weekend.
Next, SRK has chosen to come on Diwali with Happy New Year. Post the carpet bombing of Chennai Express during Ramzan Eid last year, no one wants to come alongside him. Sensible.
Maneesh Sharma’s Fan with SRK has chosen December 19. This may not be such a bad release if, six days later, Anurag Kashyap and Ranbir Kapoor arrived with Bombay Velvet. However, if, as we said, Big Daddy (Raju) with Aamir also decides to come on Christmas, then Fan will get just six days at the box office before it plunges headlong into P.K. and Bombay Velvet. And that’s not so good!
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