Siva’s Suriya , Disha Patani, and Bobby Deol-starrer Kanguva was supposed to be released on October 10. However, the film’s release was postponed to November 14 and many assumed it was to avoid clashing with TJ Gnanavel’s Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Vettaiyan. (Also Read: Suriya on moving to Mumbai with Jyotika: 'Why take away my wife's time from her parents?' ) Suriya was recently in Bengaluru to promote Kanguva.
The press grilled him about postponing his film for Rajinikanth but not Shiva Rajkumar’s Kannada film Bhairathi Ranagal, which is releasing on November 15. Here’s how he responded. ‘Why do you think people will watch only one film?’ At a press conference for Kanguva, a reporter pointed out that Suriya postponed Kanguva for Vettaiyan but is now ‘okay’ to release the film with Bhairathi Ranagal.
“You feel it’s an ordinary film?” they questioned. Suriya, however, claimed that the clash wasn’t ‘intentional’ and that he respects Shiva. He said, “The film is being released in all languages possible, and everybody’s hoping for the best possible date.
So, it’s not intentional, Shivanna is dear to me. Every festival, we have 10-12 films released. We had Singham Again and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 for Diwali, and both are collecting ₹ 100 crore.
Why do you think people will watch only one film or that one will overshadow the other?” The reporter then pointed out that in that case, the film could’ve been released on its original d.