We have it from a very reliable source that &quot;Akaash Vani&quot; producer Abhishek Pathak and director Ranjan took the decision to pitch their film directly against the &quot;Race&quot; franchise rather than coming a week earlier to avoid a clash. <img alt="'Race 2'" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/nov/Race-2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 476px;" /> The earlier plan was to release &quot;Akaash Vani&quot; on Jan 18 when Sudhir Mishra&#39;s &quot;Inkaar&quot; was due. But when the core crew saw their end-product, they were confident of taking on the competition, although &quot;Race 2&quot; was a formidable franchise with a showy lineup of stars including Saif Ali Khan, Anil Kapoor, John Abraham and Deepika Padukone. While Kartik Tiwari and Nushrat Bharucha, the lead actors of &quot;Akaash Vani&quot;, choose to be diplomatic about their confidence level about scoring over the competition, Ranjan is far more vocal. &quot;We moved forward by a week to release with &#39;Race 2&#39; because we wanted to avail of the long weekend - Eid on Jan 25 , Republic Day on Jan 26 and Sunday on Jan 27,&quot; he said. &quot;As for the competition, in Punjabi they say, &#39;Chidiyaan naal jo baaz ladavaan taan Govind Singh naam dharaavan&#39; (when a bird fights a hawk, a Govind Singh gets his name).&#39; We are very confident about our film. If as a viewer I had to choose between &#39;Akaash Vani&#39; and &#39;Race 2&#39;, I&#39;d see &#39;Akaash Vani&#39; first. We had released my &#39;Pyaar Ka Punchnama opposite the &#39;Pirates&#39; franchise. The independent film with fresh faces is here to stay,&quot; added the confident director.u00a0

Director Luv Ranjan's love story "Akaash Vani" starring two not-so-popular faces will clash with Abbas-Mustan directed mega budget multistarrer "Race 2" when it hits screens Jan 25.

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