Akshay Kumar reacts to ‘Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’ clashing with Shah Rukh Khan’s next

Akshay Kumar has a number of movies in his kitty, one of which is ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’, based on the theme of the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ in the country.

The film will release on August 11, which will also see the release of Imtiaz Ali’s untitled movie that stars Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma. (Also Read: Akshay Kumar has something to say on allegations of favouritism over his National Award victory)

Akki recently spoke about this clash and said, “My film is coming on August 11 because it’s a big date and an opportune time. Besides Independence Day, there is another holiday in the same week. Such long weekends can easily take two big releases. ‘Ghayal’ and ‘Dil’ clashed, as did ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ and ‘Lagaan’.”

This is the first time that Akshay and Shah Rukh are coming with their respective films on the same date. Before this however, there was almost a clash between SRK’s ‘Chennai Express’ and Akshay Kumar’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara!’, speaking of which, Akshay stated, “Yes, ‘Chennai Express’ came on August 8 followed by ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara!’ a week later. The clash was averted by the producers, Ekta Kapoor and SRK. There is a growing tendency amongst superstars to own Republic Day, Independence Day, Eid, Diwali and Christmas weekends. I released ‘Airlift’ on Republic Day last year and ‘Rustom’ on Independence Day. Both films were successful but I still do not think I own these dates. As I said earlier, these are good weekends to cash in, but they most certainly do not belong to me or any other actor.”