Aamir upsets directors

Nov 13, 2010 - Rhea Makhija

Who would have ever thought that butter-wouldn’t-melt-in-his-mouth Aamir Khan would take a decision that would rub others the wrong way. To be fair, the man is entitled to take decisions that work best for him. But, his decision to prepone the release of his film Dhobi Ghat to the third week of January instead of March as it was earlier planned hasn’t gone down very well with other directors.

Aamir decided to prepone the film to January after he saw the response at various festivals. Vishal Bharadwaj’s Saat Khoon Maaf and Madhur Bhandarkar’s Dil To Baccha Hai Ji were due to release on January 21 too.
Our source said, “Both Madhur and Vishal had scheduled their films to release on January 21, but after Aamir decided to release Dhobi Ghat, both of them have shifted the release date of their respective films. Everyone is aware that Dhobi Ghat is a small budget art film, but going by the active marketing strategy that Aamir brings in, it will be very difficult as he will be all over the place. So Vishal has postponed his film’s release to February 18, while Madhur has postponed his to release on January 28.”

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