Rajkummar Rao's 'Made in China' avoids clash, postpones release
Rajkummar Rao-starrer Made in China has been pushed from its original release date of Independence Day 2019, and will now release on August 30, averting a box-office clash with three other films. It was earlier supposed to release on August 15, a date on which Prabhas' Saaho, Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal and John Abraham's Batla House are reportedly set to open.
Ranbir-Alia's 'Brahmastra' also postpones release to December'19
Karan Johar's Brahmastra was also supposed to release during the 2019 Independence Day weekend but the Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt starrer will now release in December. Made in China will be directed by Mikhil Musale and produced by Dinesh Vijan under the banner of Maddock Films.
'Made in China' marks Bollywood debut of Gujarati-director Mikhil
The film stars Rajkummar as a struggling Gujarati businessman and shows his bizarre journey to success. Mouni Roy plays his feisty wife in the film that also marks the Bollywood debut of Gujarati director Mikhil, whose 2016 thriller-drama Wrong Side Raju bagged National Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati. Wrong Side Raju was inspired by a 2013 hit-and-run case that happened in Ahmedabad.