Shahrukh’s Happy New Year faces no competition this Diwali : Bollywood News

What happens when a huge superstar arrives with a biggie of his after a gap of more than a year? Well, there is no competition whatsoever in sight. This is what's happening this Diwali when Shahrukh Khan's Happy New Year arrives. As expected, no film, whether big or small, is daring to arrive anywhere in its vicinity.

Shahrukh’s Happy New Year faces no competition this Diwali

"Happy New Year is all set to arrive on the weekend of Diwali which falls on Thursday, 23rd October. While it is yet to be seen whether the film hits the screens on Diwali or the day after that since it happens to be a Friday, the fact remains that it is going to be a solo release," confirms a trade source.

This isn't all as there is no other film slated to arrive for an entire fortnight after it, what with the next biggie Action Jackson along with Ungli slated for November 7 release.

"For Shahrukh, it is going to be an uninterrupted run since the only three biggies of October, Hrithik Roshan's Bang Bang, Shahid Kapoor's Haider and Priyanka Chopra's Mary Kom are all arriving on October 2, with Ayushmann Khurranna's Hawaizaada a week later. After that, there is no other film on October 17," the source adds.

This means that right from October 24 to November 7, it is going to be only Happy New Year which would be ruling the roost.

Adds another prominent insider, "It makes sense after all. Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone are coming back together again after Chennai Express which is the second highest grosser in the history of Indian cinema. Moreover, Farah Khan and Shahrukh Khan have delivered two big hits earlier in the form of Om Shanti Om and Main Hoon Na. Happy New Year is being designed as an event release and when a film, scale, setting and release is as huge as this, it is only beneficial for other films to stay away."

There is another practical reason that is contributing to that. Since Happy New Year is being designed to release on the highest print count ever for an Indian film, there would be hardly any multiplex or reputed single screen left in the country which would have space left to release another Hindi film.

Guess many more records are set to break this time around as well.