Jab Harry Met Sejal and Toilet CLASH averted: Why it’s a master stroke from Shah Rukh Khan!

For the longest time, the biggest clash of the year that was being talked about, was the one between Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma’s now titled Jab Harry Met Sejal and Akshay Kumar – Bhumi Pednekar’s Toilet- Ek Prem Katha. Finally, the clash has been averted.

After launching the title and posters for JHMS, SRK has decided to pre-pone the release of his film, by a week. So now, the film won’t release along with Toilet on August 11 anymore. Instead, the film will hit screens on August 4 itself. While this has left all Shah Rukh and Akshay fans cheering, we feel it’s a master stroke from the Badshah.

Here’s why –

Free date:
Initially, August 4 was taken up by Aamir Khan to release his smaller film – A Secret Superstar – starring him along with his Dangal girl Zaira Wasim. But then, he decided to shift the date to Diwali 2018 where it will take Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal Again head on at the box office. And the August 4 date was completely free. SRK and team realised it and lapped it up immediately. Finally, it will work in the film’s favour since it gets a week’s run without any …read more