Irrfan Khan’s Hindi Medium avoids a clash with Sarkar 3!

Irrfan Khan’s much-awaited movie, Hindi Medium was all set to release on May 12^th, where it was going to be locking horns with two big contenders Meri Pyaari Bindu and Amitabh Bachchan’s Sarkar 3 on that day. But seems like there has been a change of plan on the part of the filmmakers.

The makers and the cast have decided to shift the release date to May 19^th, where it will be contending with Arjun Kapoor–Shraddha Kapoor’s Half Girlfriend.

On this topic, co-producer Dinesh Vijan says “After watching the film Irrfan and I both felt that we should give it a week more to promote since it has the potential. We are confident about how the film has shaped up and sure that the audience will love it too”

On the same topic, co-producer Bhushan Kumar also adds ”The whole team has seen the film and we are very excited about the same. We are very happy and proud of the final product and feel that this film deserves to be promoted more so that it can reach out to more people. I am positive that everybody in the country can relate to it.”

Amidst all the official statements, we smell something fishy.

One of the obvious reasons for shifting the release date by a week was that had they not done so, they would have been going up against Sarkar 3, which is obviously too big a risk for any filmmaker to take. Now Hindi Medium will be contending with Half Girlfriend on its new release date.

Could it be that the one thing that makers of Hindi Medium are feeling confident about is that it has the potential to take on Half Girlfriend?

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