CONFIRMED! 2.0 avoids clash with Padman, to release on Tamil New Year and that’s April 13, 2018

We were the first ones to tell you that robot 2.0 might get pushed from the confirmed Republic Day release next year to sometime in April. We had gotten in touch with our sources there who informed that makers are discussing it. The confirmation has ultimately flown in as robot 2.0 will now release on 13 April 2018 in a bid to en-cash the frenzy of Tamil New Year. That means Padman will have to free way ahead to make highest money.

This morning Akshay Kumar shocked everyone when he announced that Padman is releasing on Republic Day 2018. He wrote, “Not all superheroes come with capes! Bringing you the true story of a real superhero, #Padman this Republic Day – 26th January, 2018!” We were zapped! How can two Akshay Kumar films release on the same day? 2.0 has him playing the antagonist which is something everyone is waiting to see. Padman sees him bring Arunachalam Muruganantham’s real life story on celluloid wherein he helps the women of his village by providing them with cheap sanitary pads. It’s an inspirational story which needed a long standing at the theatres for the message to reach far and wide. So we knew one or the other will be pushed.

2.0 will have a good two weeks before Mahesh Babu’s next appears at the theatres to rival it. We told you how it is hitting the theatres a day before the release date of Baahubali 2 this year and could repeat the latter’s success this year. It remains to be seen what happens to both at the box office.