Deepika
Padukone
in
Singham
Again
Director
Anees
Bazmee
has
distanced
himself
from
the
ongoing
battle
for
screens
between
his
next
film
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
3
and
Rohit
Shetty’s
Singham
Again.
“The
day
I
finished
shooting,
editing
and
post-production,
my
job
was
done.
The
film
is
now
out
of
my
hands.
How
it
is
promoted
and
marketed,
how
many
screens
it
will
get
is
not
my
concern.
But
yes,
I
want
both
the
films
to
do
well,”
Bazmee
tells
Subhash
K
Jha.
The
battle
for
screens
between
the
two
Diwali
releases
is
likely
to
get
more
ferocious
in
the
days
to
come.
Kartik
Aaryan
in
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
3.
At
least
three
cinema
managers
from
Delhi,
Ahmedabad
and
Mumbai
have
confirmed
about
undue
pressure
to
allot
more
screens
to
Singham
Again.
“We
are
definitely
under
pressure
from
one
of
the
two
Diwali
releases,
Singham
Again.
Ideally,
we
would
like
to
allot
an
equal
number
of
screens
to
both
films,
which
are
successful
franchises.
They
deserve
an
equal
number
of
screens
for
the
public
to
choose
from.
But
as
things
are
going,
it
seems
likely
that
Singham
Again
will
get
more
screens,”
a
cinema
manager
from
Delhi
shares
on
condition
of
anonymity.
Roshan
Singh,
a
prominent
cinema
exhibitor
in
Bihar,
points
out
an
added
hustle
to
the
tussle:
“Both
are
more
than
two
and
a
half
hours
long.
This
means
the
number
of
shows
per
day
gets
automatically
reduced
for
both.
Mujhe
toh
yeh
nahin
samajh
mein
aa
raha
ki
iss
jung
ki
kya
zaroorat
hai?”
Anees
Bazmee
has
the
final
say:
“Both
films
have
their
own,
different
energy
and
vibes.
They
are
very
popular
franchises,
and
are
likely
to
be
blockbusters.
If
Lagaan
and
Gadar
can
be
blockbusters
on
the
same
Friday,
why
not
Singham
Again
and
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
3?”
