Salman Khan Is Still In A Game With Hrithik Roshan

Riding a crest of super success, post ‘Dabangg’, Salman Khan is said to have locked horns with Hrithik Roshan, reportedly contemplating the release of his ‘Ready’ against Roshan’s ‘Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara’ on May 27, 2011.
However, the Indian Premier League finals (May 29, 2011) put paid to all such fancy plans and Bhushan Kumar’s ‘Ready’ will now illumine cinemas on June 3, 2011, while ‘ZMND’ is slated to hit screens only on June 23, 2011.
After the super wins of ‘Wanted’ and ‘Dabangg,’ Salman has emerged as the New God for distributors while Hrithik, who served up two duds ‘Kites’ and ‘Guzaarish,’ hasn’t really got industry types yearning to frontline his flicks.
States a top industry source, “After ‘Dabangg’ , Salman’s status as a star has increased tremendously and he’s literally the ‘God of small centres.’ Salman’s film ‘Ready’ is a solo Salman film and distributors have more confidence in promoting it rather than Hrithik’s film ‘ZMND’ which is more of a niche film. Besides, Hrithik’s recent films have not done well and Zoya Akhtar’s first film also was a flop.”
‘ZMND’ Producer Ritesh Sidhwani, who’s busy filming for ‘Don 2' in Malaysia, slams all such reports in a media quote stating, ” ‘ NMND’ has been postponed to June 23, because the film won’t be ready by May 2011. A major distribution firm will be taking care of our film. If ‘Ready’ has Salman, our film also has big stars like Hrithik (Roshan), Abhay (Deol) and Katrina (Kaif). Plus, Salman is like family to us, so there is no question of us competing with his film.” Source
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