Bade Miyan Chote Miyan & Maidaan Release Highlights: Akshay Locks Horns With Ajay At Box Office

Today marks the much-awaited release of Ajay Devgn's biographical sports drama, Maidaan, and fans are overjoyed. While audiences nationwide have already had the opportunity to watch it, fans in Karnataka had to wait due to legal issues surrounding the directorial venture of Amit Ravindernath Sharma. Scriptwriter Anil Kumar alleged that the portrayal of football coach Syed Abdul Rahim in the film was plagiarized, resulting in a stay order from a Mysore sessions court. However, there's good news for the film now. In a recent hearing at the Karnataka High Court, the justices lifted the stay, clearing the path for the film's scheduled release. A trade expert shared the update on social media, stating that the Karnataka High Court has given Maidaan a clean chit. They wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "Karnataka High Court has lifted the stay on the release of #Maidaan today, paving the way for its release!! @ajaydevgn."

Zee Studios and Boney Kapoor's Bayview Projects LLP responded to the Mysore court's decision to halt the release of Maidaan. News18 reported on Wednesday that the Principal District and Sessions Court in Mysore issued an injunction on the film's release following allegations of plagiarism by Karnataka-based screenwriter Anil Kumar. Kumar claimed to have authored the script and shared it with Maidaan's assistant director, Sukhdas Suryavanshi, alleging discussions about adapting the script into a film had occurred without fruition. He contended that Maidaan was based on his script. Bayview Projects LLP, under Boney Kapoor's direction, issued a media statement addressing these allegations and the court's decision. They expressed surprise at not receiving prior notice and announced their intention to appeal the order. "We have just received a copy of the District Judge's order restraining the film's release. We want to clarify that this order was issued ex-parte, without granting us the opportunity to present our case," they stated. “We were not served any notice prior to the filing of the said suit or hearing of the matter. Additionally, the said order has been passed after the release of the film and therefore, any such order passed that retrains the release of the film is infructuous under law. However, we are filing an appeal against the order before the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka. We shall move the matter before the Hon’ble High Court for urgent reliefs in order to stay the operation of the said order,” they added.

As Bade Miyan Chote Miyan has finally hit the screens today, there are reports that this Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff starrer is expected to mint Rs 20 crores. According to trade analyst Rohit Jaiswal's statement to Bollywood Life, "It's after a long time people will celebrate Eid due to pandemic, so the first-day collection will be around 18-20 crore and maximum it may reach till 25 crore, Akshay and Tiger will be the crowd puller, while on day 2 it might see a good jump"

As Genelia Deshmukh attended the special screening of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, she has been all praises for Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff's bromance in the film. She wrote, "I absolutely enjoyed watching #bademiyanchotemiya last night. The chemistry, the bromance between @akshaykumar & @tigerjackieshroff is awesome. @therealprithvi you were simply awesome - hope to see more of you in the future. @aslison @manushi_chhillar @alayaf was a treat to watch. @aliabbaszafar no one did this genre better than you"

Post the screening of Ajay Devgn starrer Maidaan, renowend lyricist Javed Akhtar shared his review for this Amit Sharma directorial and tweeted, "I watched Maidaan. It is a true story that will make every Indian proud of our certain national achievements that unfortunately most of us don’t know about. A must watch. Congratulations to producer Boney kapur, director Amit Sharma and to Ajay Devgan who has given a mind blowing performance".

In a video shared on social media, Jackie Shroff was seen sending best wishes to Tiger Shroff and Akshay Kumar's Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. In the video, Jackie told Bade Miyan Akshay to look after Chote Miyan Tiger. The video was captioned as, "Good luck to Bade and Chote"

As Maidaan has hit the screens on Eid, trade analyst Ramesh Bala reviewed Maidaan and wrote, "#Maidaan [4/5] : One of the Best Sports Films ever made in Indian Cinema.. Recreation of a fine past chapter of Indian Sports/Football history, which many in current generation is not aware of.. The second half and the rousing final 30 minutes elevate the movie to a different level.. @ajaydevgn has given a Tour de force performance.. Award-worthy.. Supporting Actors #GajrajRao and #RudranilGhosh have performed well.. Excellent cinematography.."

As Bade Miyan Chote Miyan is hitting the screens today, filmmaker Siddharth Anand reviewed the film and wrote, "@tigerjackieshroff my Munna! You were too good! So refreshing to see you in a light hearted @fun role after long. Good Luck. @aliabbaszafar bro! Wish you big success again! Thoroughly enjoyed the film.. fun banters, filled with action and a superb interval twist! Extremely well produced so congratulations Vashuji and Jackky!"