It will be a clash of titans this Diwali when Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 and Ajay Devgn’s Singham Again vie for audience love and attention. Both films are set to release on November 1, and fans are already speculating about who will come out on top in this box-office battle. However, while promoting Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, Kartik dismissed any notion of a rivalry, emphasizing that Diwali is such a big holiday that both films can thrive since they belong to different genres.

Kartik stated, “Diwali itni badi holiday hai. I think do filmein aaram se chal sakti hain. Aur unka Singham Again ka action genre hai, humara horror comedy genre hai” (Diwali is such a big holiday. Singham Again’s genre is action, and our film’s genre is horror comedy). He added, “If I am a movie-goer, it’s a festival for all of us. Two films are coming on the same occasion, which is very rare these days in the Hindi film industry. Films are not being released.”

He further elaborated, “Abhi yahan par Diwali ke time par do aisi filmein aa rahi hain jiska I think audience dono filmon ka besabri se intezaar kar rahi hain. Mujhe unki bhi film pasand hai, main unki bhi film dekhne jaaunga. I hope aap humaari bhi film dekhne jaayein. Aur dono filmein chalne ka bohot scope hai (On Diwali, two highly anticipated films are releasing. I like their film too, and I will watch it. Hopefully, the audience will also watch my film, and there is ample scope for both films to succeed).”

 

 

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Kartik stressed that it isn’t a “versus” game. Instead, he is focused on the clash between Rooh Baba and Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. He referred to Singham Again as a “huge franchise” and admitted that he is a fan of everyone associated with the film. Kartik called himself “a big fan” of Rohit Shetty and the Singham franchise.

Both Bhool Bhulaiyaa and Singham are significant franchises. Singham Again is part of Rohit Shetty’s cop universe, with Sooryavanshi being the last film released as part of this universe, having earned just under Rs 300 crore. Singham Again is a direct sequel to Singham Returns (2014), which grossed Rs 216 crore at the box office.

The first Bhool Bhulaiyaa film starred Akshay Kumar in the lead role, but he was replaced by Kartik Aaryan in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2. The latter was a massive success at the box office, earning Rs 266.88 crore against a budget of Rs 70 crore.

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