Vicky Kaushal is preparing for the release of his much-anticipated film Sam Bahadur, which also stars Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra in supporting roles opposite Edward Sonnenblick and Zeeshan Ayyub.
The film is set to be released on December 1, 2023, and will compete with Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal. At the Sam Bahadur teaser presentation, Kaushal addressed the conflict, saying that they would eventually hand up their films to the audience on Friday.
“Like Ronnie (Screwvala) pointed out, in today’s time, we, as an industry, should give the option of multiple films on the same day to the audience. That’s how we will flourish as an industry. We have those many weeks in a year, but as an industry, we cannot limit ourselves to making those many films in a year. We will have to make multiple films, and we will have multiple releases on the same day. We have to build an atmosphere with multiple films that can work on the same day. We have the strength in the audience; we have the strength at the exhibitor level, so why not? I think we kind of also need to push the envelope now,” said Vicky.
Further, Kaushal added that given today’s scenario and the excitement that the audiences have, he thinks that if they resonate with two films and both films are good, both can work. “So, I am as excited for Animal as anybody else, as long as it is great for the audience. We work for them,” he said.
