'Confident about Batla House'

Mumbai: This Independence Day, Batla House will lock horns with Mission Mangal and Saaho, and actor John Abraham recently said his film stands a good chance in the three-way clash at the box office.

The actor said he has full confidence in film's director Nikkhil Advani's calibre.

Asked if he was concerned about the film opening to a divided collection, John said, "The other two films don't concern me. But I'm concerned about my film. We have done the math and we still want to release it on this day.

"More importantly, it is not overconfidence. I have a lot of respect for every other film. I am confident that Nikkhil has made a very good film."

John said he shares a friendly equation with former co-star Akshay Kumar, and that there is space for more than one film to release on the same date.

Batla House also stars Mrunal Thakur and Nora Fatehi.