Calling us a fraternity is futile: Karan Johar reacts to Katrina Kaif’s ‘Merry Christmas’ clash with Sidharth Malhotra's ‘Yodha’

The second half of 2023 is going to witness several big Bollywood clashesSunny Deolrsquos next lsquoGadar 2rsquo will be facing a clash with Akshay Kumarrsquos lsquoOMG 2rsquo on August 11 and Vicky Kaushalrsquos lsquoSam Bahadurrsquo will be clashing with Ranbir Kapoorrsquos lsquoAnimalrsquo on December 1And now on Tuesday the makers of the upcoming thriller film lsquoMerry Christmasrsquo announced the filmrsquos official release dateStarring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi the film is all set to hit the theatres on December 15Interestingly lsquoMerry Christmasrsquo will be facing a clash with Sidharth Malhotrarsquos upcoming action thriller film lsquoYodharsquoSoon after the makers of lsquoMerry Christmasrsquo dropped the filmrsquos posters and the new release date Karan Johar took to his Threads account and reacted without naming anyone or any filmHe wrote ldquoClashing on a date without the courtesy of a phone call is hopefully not the way forward for the studios and producers hellip If we donrsquot stand united in these tough and challenging theatrical days then calling us a fraternity is futilehelliprdquoThe filmmaker seems to be referring to Sriram Raghavan and Ramesh Taurani who are coproducing Katrina and Vijaystarrer lsquoMerry ChristmasrsquoSeveral users swamped down the comment section and shared their thoughts on the clashldquoAnd not to forget you too clashed with ajayrsquos shivaay and even released simbaa just a week post zero So itrsquos fine karan movies do clash itrsquos normalrdquo a user commentedAnother user wrote ldquoWhere was the fraternity and all the support when he clashed ADHM with ShivaayrdquoTalking about lsquoMerry Christmasrsquo it is a genredefying tale from the director of Johnny Gaddaar Badlapur and Andhadhun With the promise that itrsquos as different from those films as they are from each otherlsquoMerry Christmasrsquo is shot in two languages with different supporting actorsThe Hindi version costars Sanjay Kapoor Vinay Pathak Pratima Kannan and Tinnu Anand while the Tamil version has Radhika Sarathkumar Shanmugaraja Kevin Jay Babu and Rajesh Williams in the same roles This will surely add an extra layer of anticipation for fans worldwide The film also introduces Pari a child actorAshwini Kalsekar and Radhika Apte are seen in exciting cameosTaking to Instagram Tips films dropped the posters of the film which they captioned ldquoWe decided to cut short the wait for the Christmas cheer MerryChristmas releasing in theatres near you ON 15th DECEMBER 2023rdquoApart from this Katrina will be seen in Farhan Akhtarrsquos upcoming film lsquoJee Le Zararsquo along with Alia Bhatt and Priyanka ChopraThe film promises to be another tale of friendship following the lineage of lsquoDil Chahta Hairsquo and lsquoZindagi Na Milegi DobararsquoShe will also be next seen in the upcoming actionthriller film lsquoTiger 3rsquo opposite Salman Khan The film is all set to hit the theatres on the occasion of Diwali 2023Vijay Sethupathi on the other hand will be seen in Atleersquos lsquoJawanrsquoView this post on InstagramA post shared by Tips Films tipsfilmsofficialTalking about lsquoYodharsquo the film stars Sidharth Malhotra Disha Patani and Rashii Khanna in the lead rolesEarlier the film was first scheduled to release on November 11 2022 post that the makers pushed the release date to July 2023 then the makers decided to postpone the film to September 15Now the makers have decided to release their film on December 15Talking about the film Sidharth earlier said ldquoAs an artist you would want to work on scripts that bring out the best in you This truly unveiled a newer version of me which I am very thankful for The amount of love I have received from audiences and fans is magical I canrsquot wait to showcase what Yodha has for themrdquoApart from that he will also be making his digital debut with the upcoming web series lsquoIndian Police ForcersquoHelmed by Rohit Shetty the series also stars Vivek Oberoi and Shilpa Shetty in pivotal roles and will stream exclusively on the OTT platform Amazon Prime VideoWhich film are you eagerly waiting forThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever