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Did Ajay Devgn Call Salman Khan Before Announcing Runway 34? Here’s The Truth
There is a trend in Bollywood for celebs to block certain occasions like Diwali, Eid and Christmas for their movies. Back in the days, there were a limited number of movies that were released on the big screen as they were hardly any box office clashes. With many more directors churning out their movies, box office clashes are bound to happen. There have been many such box office clashes in the past.
In 2022, Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria’s Heropanti 2 is all set to clash with Ajay Devgn’s Runway 34, leading to a face-off between the two movies on April 29, 2022. As it’s the occasion of Eid, Ajay called Salman Khan before finally announcing his release date.
A source exclusively told Pinkvilla, “Salman and Ajay may not make a show of their close friendship in public but both are always there for each other. Ajay always appears on Bigg Boss shows which Salman hosts to promote his films and their camaraderie is obvious to all. Ajay usually likes a Diwali or Independence Day (August) or other holidays for his releases. Everyone knows that Eid is a date specially reserved for Salman but this time there were no big releases on April 29, 2022. Ajay called up Salman and asked him if he had any releases on Eid – especially Tiger 3 which is on the verge of completion. T3 is one of the most anticipated movies of 2022. Salman said it looked unlikely that he would have any Eid releases next year. So, Ajay checked with him before announcing Runway 34’s release date for Eid. If a Salman Khan movie was coming on April 29, there was no way that Ajay would have released Runway 34 on the same day because for the two actors’ friendship is more important.”
The source also added, “Interestingly, Salman and Sajid Nadiadwala are close friends too. One wonders if Sajid wanted the Eid date and having heard from Salman that Ajay was planning the same date, changed his too, as Eid is a massive weekend date for a release. With the pandemic many producers are having to push back their films. If only other actors and producers would learn from Ajay and Salman and consult each other before announcing their release dates too, it would make everything so much better for the film industry.”
This is true friendship between Ajay and Salman.
Source: Pinkvilla