Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms has confirmed that Kangana Ranaut-starrer Mental Hai Kya will now hit the screens on July 26. The film will clash with Hrithik Roshan's Super 30. However, the producer maintained that it will be a "dignified release" and "there will be no mud-slinging." Mental Hai Kya was earlier supposed to release on June 21. But the makers have now decided to postpone the release date after taking "recommendations from the distributors, trade analysts and a top research team" and have called it a pure "business decision." In an official statement, Balaji Telefilms, who is producing Mental Hai Kya, said, "We have thus been advised to shift the release of our movie to 26th July, purely for business prospects. On knowing that there is already a movie scheduled for a release on that date, we did everything in our purview to ensure the other parties that there will be no mud-slinging and it will be a dignified release. We stand by assuring that to all other parties." "This is a call taken by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms considering better prospects for the movie at the box office," read the statement. The statement avoided mentioning Super 30 directly, but it is no secret that the makers of Super 30 have already blocked July 26 for its release. The film based on Math wizard Anand Kumar was earlier slated for a January release. But after Vikas Bahl was accused in #MeToo movement, the film's release was pushed to July 26. While Hrithik's Super 30 is a biopic, Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao's Mental Hai Kya deals with mental illness and hallucinations. ALSO READ | Kangana Ranaut on Mental Hai Kya controversy: It will trigger relevant talk around the stigma ALSO READ | Super 30: Hrithik Roshan's film will have no director credit after Vikas Bahl's exit ALSO WATCH | Kangana on being called witch, whore and psychopath<doc-sep>Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms has confirmed that its upcoming film Mental Hai Kya, starring Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao, will be released on July 26, clashing at the box office with Hrithik Roshan-starrer Super 30. In a statement tweeted by Ekta on Tuesday, the producer said that the decision had been made after taking ‘recommendations from the distributors, trade analysts and a top research team’. The statement avoided mentioning Super 30 directly, but noted that both teams were involved with the decision making process, and that they hope there will be no ‘mud-slinging’. “This is a call taken by Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji telefilms considering better prospects for the movie at the box office,” the statement read. Mental Hai Kya was originally slated for a June 21 release, when it would have clashed against Shahid Kapoor’s Kabir Singh. Interestingly, Kangana had earlier set her film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi up against Super 30 on January 26, but the Hrithik-starrer was delayed after director Vikas Bahl was named in the #MeToo movement. The film’s post production was overseen by Anurag Kashyap, but the film will not carry a director’s credit. Hrithik and Kangana have a long history of personal animosity. They were involved in a widely publicised dispute after Kangana called him a ‘silly ex’, which Hrithik denied. While Mental Hai Kya is said to be a quirky crime comedy, Super 30 is the biopic of mathematician Anand Kumar. Also read: Kangana Ranaut takes on Bollywood, says ‘Mr Johars of the world will look like idiots’ Here’s the full statement: To whomsoever it may concern, A lot is being reported about Mental Hai Kya clashing with another film at the box office on 26th July. The shift in the release date is a decision taken after recommendations from the distributors, trade analysts and a top research team, keeping in mind the other releases a week before and after this date. We have thus been advised to shift the release of our movie to 26th July, purely for business prospects. On knowing that there is already a movie scheduled for a release on that date, we did everything in our purview to ensure the other parties that there will be no mud slinging and it will be a dignified release. We stand by assuring that to all other parties. This is a call taken by Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji telefilms considering better prospects for the movie at the box office. Balaji Telefilms’ condemn the reports being circulated and would like to state that Mental Hai Kya will be releasing on 26th July to ensure better business growth and prospect for the film. Follow @htshowbiz for more ott:10<doc-sep>As Kangana Ranaut's 'Mental Hai Kya' and Hrithik Roshan's 'Super 30' are all set to clash at box-office on July 26, Ekta Kapoor took to her Twitter handle to say that she has promised to keep it clean. She wrote: "The ugly underground tweets have begun. I‘ve promised to keep it clean and have assurances from my actors on the same. I hope personal assaults on them stop, because it’s my decision & Not theirs." [sic] Here's the post - The ugly underground tweets have begun. I‘ve promised to keep it clean and have assurances from my actors on the same. I hope personal assaults on them stop, because it’s my decision & Not theirs. — Ekta Kapoor (@ektaravikapoor) May 8, 2019 Tagging Ekta's post, Rangoli Chandel, Kangana Ranaut's spokesperson and sister took to Twitter handle and tagged Hrithik Roshan in few of her tweets. Here's what she said - In January, Hrithik announced that his film "Super 30" will release on July 26. The decision was taken after director Vikas Bahl was accused of sexual assault by a woman who worked under the now dissolved Phantom Films. Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures, producer of "Mental Hai Kya", said that the clash is not deliberate and they have decided to push the release date from June 21 to July 26 "after the recommendations from distributors, trade analysts and their research team". "We have been advised to shift the release of our movie to July 26, purely for the business prospects. On knowing, that there is already a movie scheduled for a release on that date, we did it all in our purview to ensure that there will be no mud slinging and it will be dignified release. We stand by assuring that to all other parties," the statement from the production banner read. Soon after the announcement, various online entertainment portals and social media users started labelling the change in release date deliberate. Ekta took to Twitter to condemn the reports. "My decision my film... So all brickbats directed to me please. I'm my own person," she wrote. READ | Here's What Hrithik Roshan's 'Super 30' Makers Said About Their Clash With Kangana Ranaut's 'Mental Hai Kya'. Read Here "Mental Hai Kya", directed by Prakash Kovelamudi, also features Rajkummar Rao. After "Queen", this is Kangana and Rajkummar's second film together. Prior to this film, Kangana's "Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi" was supposed to have a box office war with "Super 30" on January 25. Reports of "Super 30" team postponing the release to August 9 are doing the rounds, but later the makers tweeted - (With Inputs from PTI) Get the latest entertainment news from India & around the world. Now follow your favourite television celebs and telly updates. Republic World is your one-stop destination for trending Bollywood news. Tune in today to stay updated with all the latest news and headlines from the world of entertainment.<doc-sep>
Balaji Motion Pictures head honcho Ekta Kapoor says it is my film and my decision, on deterring the release of Rajkummar Rao and Kangana Ranaut starring Mental Hai Kya. Kangana Ranaut is all set to clash with Hrithik Roshan at the box office in July. The makers of Mental Hai Kya, have pushed the release of the film from June 21 to July 26. That is the same date when Hrithik's Super 30 is scheduled to hit the screens. Ekta Kapoor just shared a press statement regarding the change in release date. She captioned it, "My decision my film.....so all brickbats directed to me pls! I'm my own person!!!" The press release reads, "A lot is being reported about Mental Hai Kya clashing with another film at the box office on July 26. The shift in the release date is a decision taken after the recommendations from the distributors, trade analysts and top research team, keeping in mind the releases a week before and after this date. "We have been advised to shift the release of our movie to July 26, purely for the business prospects. On knowing, that there is already a movie scheduled for a release on that date, we did it all in our purview to ensure that there will be no mudslinging and it will be dignified release. We stand by assuring that to all other parties" "This is a call taken by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Motion Pictures considering better prospects for the movie at the box office and no other parties were involved. Balaji Telefilms condemn the reports being circulated and stand by that Mental Hai Kya releasing on 26th July is purely a business decision made by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms" Mental Hai Kya, which was scheduled to release on June 21, will hit the screens on July 26, same as Super 30. Hrithik's film was earlier scheduled to open on Republic Day (January 26). However, after makers of Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, picked the same date for the release of Rani of Jhansi biopic, Super 30's release was pushed to July 26.