Salman Khan-starrer Race 3 and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-starrer Fanney Khan to clash on Eid 2018!

10 Nov 2017

Since 2009, Eid and Salman Khan s releases have gone hand in hand. Except this years Tubelight , all the previous Salman Khans Eid releases Wanted, Dabangg, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Kick, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Sultan have been huge blockbusters. In fact, for a long time, no film was slated to release on Eid 2018 and nobody even dared to announce their film on this coveted day, as everyone knew that its a date reserved for a Salman Khan biggie. And sure enough, it was revealed that Race 3 , featuring the superstar, would be hitting screens on this festival. But it seems like Race 3 wont be the solo Eid release. A smaller film, Fanney Khan , has announced its release date and its all set to clash with Race 3 on June 15, 2018. Interestingly, Fanney Khan s leading lady is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who once dated Race 3 s leading actor Salman Khan. Hence, this clash becomes all the more interesting. According to a leading tabloid, Fanney Khan producers Arjun N Kapoor and Bhushan Kumar jointly announced that they have locked Eid as Fanney Khan s release date since the lead character of Fanney, played by Anil Kapoor , is a Muslim. Hence, Eid is the apt time to release this film. Fanney Khan also stars Rajkummar Rao and Divya Dutta. Race 3 meanwhile is directed by Remo DSouza and also features Jacqueline Fernandez , Daisy Shah, Bobby Deol and Saqib Saleem.The first two parts of Race incidentally also starred Anil Kapoor along with Saif Ali Khan.Both were directed by Abbas-Mustan. Race also starred Akshaye Khanna, Katrina Kaif Bipasha Basu and Sameera Reddy. All these four actors were not a part of Race 2 and instead, it co-starred John Abraham Deepika Padukone , Jacqueline Fernandez and Ameesha Patel.