Is Rajini approaching Diwali?

If he comes on Diwali, there'll be a three-way fight between Rajini, SRK and Ajay Devgn…

It is preposterous to even suggest that down South and in one of the crucial overseas markets like Singapore, the Gulf and Japan; there's any Indian star bigger than Rajinikanth.Naturally as and when he arrives together with his next release Kochadaiyaan, the decks may be cleared for his grand entry. But a segment of the media went to town during the last weekend suggesting that Kochadaiyaan was being postponed from its original release date; that may be Diwali 2012 to house Ajay Devgn’s Son of Sardar (SOS).

A source from the film corporation bankrolling Kochadaiyaan says, “We haven’t set an official release date for Rajini Sir’s film. We're going very wide with this film and it'll have versions in Tamil Telugu, Hindi, German and a few other foreign languages. Everything that may be said/written about at the release date is concept. If the film is about in time, we can even release it around Diwali.”

The film’s producer Dr Murli Manohar reportedly admitted to a few media members that Kochadaiyaan won't come on Diwali.

The Bollywood trade pundits aver that that is within the best interests of the Rajini-Deepika Padukone film. Says a number one distributor-exhibitor, “Diwali (November 13, 2012) goes to be a tightly contested period with two mega releases Ajay Devgn’s Son of Sardar and Shah Rukh Khan’s untitled venture directed by Yash Chopra eliminating the important thing shows across most parts of India. Even within the overseas markets where Hindi cinema has a powerful fan base; there's a clear division. SRK is large in Dubai, Malaysia, Germany and central London, but Ajay’s SOS is being looked forward to in Toronto, New York, Birmingham, and other parts of the US, where the Sikh community has a strong-hold.

If Kochadaiyaan is available in the similar period, it's going to only mean that shows may be very badly divided. If Rajini Sir comes on Diwali, he's going to make a clean sweep down South. But up North and in Central India, the equation might be skewed. It's therefore within the best interest of all parties concerned that three-big films don’t come at the same date.