'Moving Pad Man's release date was least we could do'
24 Jan 2018 2:59 PM GMT
Mumbai: When Sanjay Leela Bhansali approached the Pad Man team requesting to shift their release date to give a clear release window to his Padmaavat, he looked shaken and troubled, says director R. Balki.
Balki, who has directed Pad Man, said agreeing to Bhansali's request was the least they could have done for a fellow fraternity member, who has gone through a tumultous time to release his movie.
Akshay Kumar held a press conference last week with Bhansali, announcing the decision to move Pad Man for a February 9 release. "It was a decision taken instantaneously by all of us in the Pad Man team when Bhansali and Viacom 18, the producers of Padmaavat, approached us with the request that we move. It didn't take us a minute to agree to their request.
"It's the least we could do for a project that has gone through so much. 'Padmaavat' needs the Republic Day slot more than us. We don't mind moving ahead by two weeks because we know whenever we come, we have a winning project on hand," Balki said.
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