Salman Khan gives Eid a miss, Arbaaz says fret not

Actor’s next film Mental, will not release on Eid.

MUMBAI:

Actor Salman Khan, who has been locking Eid for the past four years to release his films, won’t have any outing this year. The superstar’s younger brother and actor Arbaaz Khan says there are plenty of interesting dates to choose from and no need to do a rush job on his next film, Mental.

Since 2009, Salman has had a release on Eid every year. It started with Wanted, followed by Dabangg in 2010, Bodyguard in 2011, and 2012 spy thriller Ek Tha Tiger. Interestingly, all of them turned out to be box office blockbusters.

This year, Eid is on August 8 and Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar are set to lock horns at the box office as their films Chennai Express and Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Again, respectively, are being readied for the festival release.

“I am presuming that the fans would have liked to see the release of Mental on Eid. It’s not that they have not thought about it, but the practicality of coming on Eid may have been an issue. For Salman’s film to come on Eid, he should have started as early as January. But they started sometime in March. So it became difficult,” Arbaaz told IANS.

Arbaaz, who turned to direction with Dabangg 2 that starred his brother Salman, says it is not advisable to make a film hastily.

“There is no need to do a rush job on any film. The stakes are too high and so are the expectations. So, no need to get fixated because a Salman Khan-starrer is a Salman Khan-starrer. You may miss one day a year, but there are at least four or five dates which are equally exciting. So you can pick and choose those dates and make that into an event,” added the 45-year-old.

Salman is currently shooting for Mental and the action-drama is being directed by his youngest brother Sohail Khan. 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 18^th, 2013.

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