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Nayandeep Rakshit (DNA; April 16, 2016)

Enlarge ImageEven before the shooting for Sarbjit began, the makers had decided to premiere the film at The Cannes Film Festival. The release was set for May 20. Little did they know that the release date would clash within the Bachchan family itself. Amitabh Bachchan’s next film TE3N was slated for a release on the same date. Given that the Bachchan paarivar stands together whenever any of their family members’ film hits screens, the clash between Papa Bachchan and Bahu Bachchan would have been, well, awkward.

But now the clash has been averted. A source tells us, “Aishwarya is very emotionally attached to this film and she gives Sarbjit a special place in her life. There was no way that Big B would have clashed with his own bahu. He called director Ribhu Dasgupta and producer Sujoy Ghosh and asked them if they could shift the release date. And no one can turn down Big B’s request. So he had his way and TE3N’s release has been pushed to a later date.”

The khabru also reasons, “The TE3N team also wanted to unveil their theatrical trailer around the same time. But now that Ash and Co put out the Sarbjit trailer and there are no signs of the TE3N trailer coming soon, it’s evident that the Bachchan v/s Bachchan clash has been averted.”