Social media users may be lauding the trailer of Ayushmann Khurrana's Bala that dropped online yesterday, but Ujda Chaman filmmaker Abhishek Pathak is far from amused. With both stories revolving around men grappling with premature balding, the trailers and posters have glaring similarities. Not just that, the makers of Bala have now advanced the comedy's release from November 15 to November 7, a day before the Sunny Singh starrer hits screens.

"It is unethical on Dinesh's [Vijan, producer] part to advance the release so that the film can release a day before our offering," asserts Pathak, who had pitched his offering as 'Takle ki pehli aur asli film'. "Are they scared of my film when they have a big star like Ayushmann Khurrana [fronting their movie]? While I think they have an upper hand, it appears that they feel they are on shaky ground and hence, are resorting to such things."