Will Lucknow Central prepone release to combat Qaidi Band?

15 Sep 2017

By now everyone knows there are uncanny similarities between the two on-release films Lucknow Central and QaidiBand.Both films, whose trailers show a group of prisoners forming a musical band to sing their way into freedom, are prestigious products. While QaidiBand is aYashRaj film introducing two newcomers, Lucknow Central features Farhan Akhtar in the lead and is produced byNikhilAdvani. As far as capturing the audiences attention is concerned QaidiBand has an edge. It releases on 25 August almost a month ahead of Lucknow Central , leaving the Lucknow Central team fuming in rage. Says a source in the know, Lucknow Central was written shot and the release was planned months ago. Qaidi Band jumped into the scene all of a sudden and was completed in record time. Its almost as if the quickie was planned topre-empt Lucknow Central and steal its thunder. We now hear of the Lucknow Central team trying to preponeits release. Because watching a film on the same theme just a month later is likely to damage its box officeprospects beyond measure.