Confirmed: These Two Superstars Will Clash at Box office This August!
Updated : May 18, 2016 04:44 PM IST
So it looks like it will be Hrithik Roshan vs Akshay Kumar this August.
Director Ashutosh Gowariker has confirmed that there would be no change in the release date of his upcoming movie Mohenjo Daro, which has Hrithik Roshan in the lead.
The film, which will be released on August 12, will lock horns with Akshay Kumar’s Rustom, which also releases on the same date.
Trade analyst Taran Adarsh posted the director’s statement on his Twitter handle, “Ashutosh Gowariker clarifies: No change in release date of #MohenjoDaro. Film confirmed for 12 Aug 2016. Stars Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde.”
Ashutosh Gowariker clarifies: No change in release date of #MohenjoDaro. Film confirmed for 12 Aug 2016. Stars Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) May 17, 2016
While Hrithik Roshan's Mohenjo Daro is an epic love story set in the era of Indus Valley Civilisation, Akhsay Kumar's Rustom will tell a story of naval officer who is tried for murdering his wife's lover.
This isn't the only Hrithik film that will be competing with another star. His film 2017 film Kaabil will also go toe-to-toe at the box office with Shah Rukh Khan's Raees and Ajay Devgn's Baadshaho next January.