

I told Yash, I would be watching his film on 14th April in a cinema hall as I am a fan of the KGF franchise, like millions of others.” I also told him that since his was an action film whereas mine was a family film as it was a love story, the two films would hopefully not eat into each other’s collections. I told him that KGF was an established brand name and so, people would definitely patronise the sequel.


In fact, I had a long heart-to-heart conversation with Yash who was very supportive of my plan. They understood my viewpoint and were good enough to ask me to go ahead in spite of their film releasing on the same day. I also explained that a Baisakhi release for my film would be ideal. I told them how the lockdown had made matters difficult for all producers. I wrote to them and explained my predicament. He continued, “Before I finalised the date, I profusely apologised to the producer (Vijay Kiragandur), director (Prashanth Neel), and lead man (Yash) of KGF Chapter 2.
