Akshay
Kumar-starrer
cop
drama
Sooryavanshi
is
set
to
open
worldwide
theatrically
on
Diwali,
director
Rohit
Shetty
announced
on
Saturday.
The
48-year-old
director
took
to
social
media
to
share
the
new
release
date
of
the
film
hours
after
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray
announced
the
reopening
of
cinema
halls
in
the
state
from
October
22.
“Thanks
to
our
Honourable
Chief
Minister,
Shri
Uddhav
Thackeray,
theatres
in
Maharashtra
to
reopen
from
22nd
October.
And
FINALLY!!!
we
can
say,
This
DIWALI…AA
RAHI
HAI
POLICE…,”
Shetty
wrote.
Sooryavanshi
will
lock
horns
with
Marvel's
superhero
biggie
Eternals
in
Diwali
this
year.
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
tweeted,
"CLASH
CONFIRMED:
'SOORYAVANSHI'
VERSUS
MARVEL...
#RohitShetty's
#Sooryavanshi
[#AkshayKumar,
#KatrinaKaif,
#AjayDevgn,
#RanveerSingh]
will
CLASH
with
#Marvel's
superhero
biggie
#Eternals
[#AngelinaJolie,
#SalmaHayek],
which
releases
in
6
languages
in
#India...
This
#DIWALI."
Earlier
in
the
day,
a
delegation
of
filmmakers
and
theatre
owners
including
Shetty
met
Thackeray
to
discuss
the
reopening
of
cinema
halls
across
Maharashtra,
a
key
territory
for
movie
business
–
which
was
shut
since
April
this
year
due
to
the
second
wave
of
COVID-19.
Sooryavanshi
was
originally
scheduled
to
release
on
March
24,
2020,
but
was
delayed
due
to
the
coronavirus
pandemic,
which
led
to
theatre
shutdown
across
the
country.
The
makers
then
planned
a
Diwali
2020
premiere
but
had
to
postpone
it
to
April
30
this
year.
It
is
the
fourth
film
in
Shetty's
cop
universe,
which
also
features
blockbusters
Ajay
Devgn's
Singham,
Singham
Returns,
and
Ranveer
Singh's
Simmba.
Both
Devgn
and
Singh
will
be
seen
in
cameo
appearances
in
Sooryavanshi,
which
also
features
Katrina
Kaif.
The
upcoming
film
is
presented
by
Reliance
Entertainment
and
produced
by
Rohit
Shetty
Picturez
in
association
with
Dharma
Productions
and
Cape
of
Good
Films.