Ustaad Bhagat Singh director Harish Shankar appears unfazed by the box office clash with Ranveer Singh's Dhurandhar 2, stating that the box office has enough room for two to three big-ticket films to thrive at the same time.
In an interview with Gulte, the director clarified that the decision regarding the release date was not in his hands and praised his competitor Aditya Dhar, saying 'With all due respect, Aditya Dhar is a superior filmmaker.'
He added, 'India-wide films should consider Dhurandhar as competition. But we have our Telugu states for the film. Also, they both belong to very different genres. If, in place of Dhurandhar, it was an SRK movie, songs, full entertainer zone, then we would have thought, 'Oh, it's similar to our film.'
Harish expressed confidence that superstar Pawan Kalyan's massive fan base will turn up in theatres, mentioning that it is the reason why the team didn't panic or act in a hurry even when Toxic was postponed.
