Subhash K Jha (DNA; October 9, 2017)

Pahlaj Nihalani’s erotic drama Julie 2 will release on November 10. He says, “We lost our original date of October 6 because of a court case. After that, we couldn’t come in the pre-Diwali week when the entire nation’s eyes are glued to Aamir Khan’s Secret Superstar.”

Nihalani says competing with Aamir would have been a foolish exercise. “I am scared of Aamir’s clout at the box office. We all are. No producer will dare to bring his film anywhere close to an Aamir film. This Diwali belongs to him.”

However, the thought of competing with Anurag Kashyap’s Mukkabaaz on November 10, doesn’t intimidate him. “We are not scared of Kashyap’s cinema. He has always tried to generate interest in his films by raking up censor issues. Now that I’m no more the CBFC chairperson let’s see how he generates interest in his films. Hamare paas Julie hai.”