Siddharth Malhotra broke the news on Twitter through the caption of the film’s teaser, which is being termed as the ‘Aiyaary Sizzle’. He Tweeted , ” Happy to announce our next film Aiyaary coming 26th Jan 2018.
The film was announced in April 2017 and it is shooted in Delhi, London, and Kashmir.
Actress Rakul Preet Singh is playing an IT professional alongside Sidharth Malhotra. The co-stars of Aiyaary are : Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah and Manoj Bajpayee. It is co-produced by Anil Ambani’s Reliance Entertainment, Pandey’s Plan C Studios and Sheetal Bhatia’s Friday Filmworks.
Siddharth’s Film Aiyaary was initially scheduled to release on Republic Day 2018 but the makers reportedly pushed the release date in order to avoid a clash with S Shankar’s scientific entertainer ROBOT 2.0, starring Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar. Although 2.0 may get pushed further, owing to its time-consuming special effects, and pulled his home production, R Balki’s social drama Padman, to 26 January.
Neeraj Pandey rescheduled the release date of Aiyaary and brought it back to its original date. Interestingly, Pandey has directed Akshay Kumar in films like Special 26 and Baby.
Akshay Kumar did an extended cameo in Pandey’s production in Shivam Nair’s crime thriller Naam Shabana. They are going to collaborate again as director-actor in a spy drama titled Crack.
Padman stars casts include Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte, along with Amitabh Bachchan in a special appearance. It is co-produced by Balki and Gauri Shinde’s Hope Productions.
Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna’s Mrs Funnybones Films. It is the biopic of social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham and is based on a short story in Khanna’s book ‘The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad’.
Even though the two films are of different genres, it is likely that the clash will make a dent in the business of both. So let’s get ready to witness Akshay Kumar vs Akshay Kumar battle at the box office on Republic Day 2018.