Salman Khan releases his films on Eid, Aamir loves Christmas. On the other hand, Shah Rukh loves Diwali and Akshay is evergreen. All Hindi film viewers also keep an eye on these films which are released on festivals, special occasions and national holidays. This year is going to be interesting too. We will tell you about the films of this year, whose release date has been fixed even before the completion of shooting. Let us tell you about these films being released on special occasions in the year 2020 so that your film calendar is fully prepared in advance.
Republic Day, 26 January
Films: Street Dancer 3D and Panga
First national festival of the year, Republic Day. Two days before that on January 24, two big films of the year would have knocked in theatres. Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor and Nora Fatehi’s ‘Street Dancer 3D’ will compete with Kangana Ranaut and Jassi Gill’s film Panga. Both of these are much awaited films.
Valentines Day, 14 February
Film: Love Aaj Kal 2
To further romanticize the week of lovers, the filmmakers are busy juggling the romance of young actors on screen around this date. On this Valentines Day, you will see Sara Ali Khan and Karthik Aryan pairing together in the film Love Aaj Kal 2, which is directed by Imtiaz Ali. Also, Anshuman Jha and Zarine Khan’s love story ‘Hum Bhi Akele Tum Bhi Akele’ and Bhavesh Kumar’s film ‘Hawaayein’ are also in the queue for release on this day.
Holi, March 10
Films: Bagi 3, Gunjan Saxena and Chhalang
Holi is a festival in which people do not go out for a stroll or have fun because there is color and gulal everywhere. This time on Holi, the responsibility of colorizing the box office is on three films. Tiger Shroff’s Baaghi 3 will be released four days before Holi, the film will have a profit after the weekend. Janhvi Kapoor’s ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’ and Rajkummar Rao and Nushrat Bharucha’s ‘Chhalang’ will be released three days after Holi.
Eid, May 24
Films: Lakshmi Bomb and Radhe- Your Most Wanted Bhai
Box office on Eid, the biggest contest of the year. This year, Eid will celebrate not only the Sultan of Cinema but also Rustom on the silver screen. On this day, Akshay Kumar’s film Lakshmi Bomb will hit Salman’s film Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai.
Bakrid, 31 July
Films: After Bhool Bhulaiya 2 and Shamshera
After film Sanju, Ranbir Kapoor’s new film will be Shamshera. Karthik Aryan and Kiara Advani’s film ‘Bhool Bhulaiya 2’ as well as Ranbir Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and Vaani Kapoor’s ‘Shamshera’ will be released. Karthik will be seen as a psychologist like Akshay Kumar’s Bhool Bhulaiya in the film, while the film Shamshera is based on an 18th century freedom fight by a gang of dacoits. In this film, Ranbir Kapoor will be seen in double role.
Independence Day, August 15
Films: Attack, Hungama 2 and Bhuj: The Pride of India
Will also have an option for the comedy film Hungama 2 on the anniversary of Independence this year with two patriotic films Attack and Bhuj: The Pride of India. These three films will be released a day before Independence Day, the next day will be a public holiday on Saturday and the next day will be Sunday. In the same film Attack, John Abraham will play both actor and producer. Bhuj: The Pride of India will feature Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt and Rana Daggubati in the lead roles. At the same time, in Hungama 2, Paresh Rawal and Shilpa Shetty will be seen doing a different swing.
Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October
Films: Rambo, Storm, Satyamev Jayate 2, and Sardar Udham Singh
These big four films will be released on this Gandhi Jayanti. The film Rambo features Tiger Shroff, Storm features Farhan Akhtar, Satyamev Jayate’s sequel John Abraham and Sardar Udham Singh’s biopic Vicky Kaushal. All are films of different genres and all the heroes have their own different audiences.
Deepawali, November 14
Film: Prithviraj
Shah Rukh will not come on Diwali this year, so Yash Raj Films has bet on player Akshay Kumar to fill his gap. The film will portray the skills of Bahadur Rajput king Prithviraj Chauhan on screen. Akshay Kumar will bring him to life with his character. And, with this film, Miss World Manushi Chillar will debut in Hindi cinema. The director of the film is of Mohalla Assi, Chandra Prakash Dwivedi who made films like Pinjar.
Christmas, December 25
Films: Bachchan Pandey and Lal Singh Chadha
The next match of Akshay Kumar, playing Twenty20 with Salman Khan on Eid in 2020, will be with Aamir Khan on Christmas. While Akshay’s Bachchan Pandey is said to be a remake of a Tamil film Veeram, Aamir’s Lal Singh Chadha is a remake of the Hollywood film Forest Gump. The first look of both the films has aroused curiosity in the audience about these films. These two will also be the last films of the year.
