Since Shah Rukh Khan would be making his comeback with Pathaan, there was no Bollywood release on Friday.
None of the leading actors in contemporary Hindi cinema have ever taken such a protracted professional hiatus.
Aamir Khan took a four-year gap between Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and Mangal Pandey: The Rising, but Akshay Kumar, Salman Khan, and Hrithik Roshan have all had regular releases (2005).
After Khuda Gawah in May 1992, his second release, Mrityudaata, came five years later (May 1997). He did had Insaaniyat between (1994), but it didn’t come out right away.
Even though Mritydaata was a failure, the Big B managed to survive that time, and things significantly altered with Mohabbatein. It takes a lot for a reigning celebrity to take such a long vacation (2000).
The Republic Day holiday is the day after, and good advance booking statistics are already selling over 500,000 tickets.
The movie will be available in the IMAX, 4DS, and ICE formats, which are high-end draws for urban viewers.