Apr 06, 2026 12:39pm IST
Ektaa Kapoor: ‘We Chose April 17 To Prevent Any War Between Movies!’ (EXCLUSIVE)
At an intimate media meet for the trailer launch of “Bhooth Bangla” on the terrace of her bungalow, Krishna, ahead of the formal trailer, Ektaa Kapoor was in an effusive mood.
The trailer releases today, a day prior to her dad’s Jeetendra’s 84th birthday. She explains why they didn’t release it on her dad’s special day, “We have to formally launch the trailer tomorrow. Our paid previews begin on April 16, while we are arriving on April 17.”
The film, originally scheduled to release on April 10, was postponed to April 17 because of the paucity of available screens, thanks to “Dhurandhar 2” still running to packed screens. She counters, “We didn’t delay because of Dhurandhar in the theatres. I could have got good screens and showtimes for “Bhooth Bangla” even on April 10, because as it is, films are not doing well in general. If ‘Dhurandhar The Revenge’ is doing well, well, we are not at war with it! We think we should let it complete at least around 85 per cent of its run before we come to the theatres.”
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She adds, “In any case, our film is a complete family entertainer and the school summer vacations will give our film an advantage. Nowadays, when many people choose just one film in a month to spend money on, I thought we should let our film be their choice in April!”
“Bhooth Bangla”, whose trailer is a crazy reminder of the best of Priyadarshan’s films with Akshay Kumar (“Hera Pheri”, “Garam Masala,” “Bhagam Bhag” and “Bhool Bhulaiyaa”) with some dialogues even repeated from the last-mentioned movie, features Tabu (whose role has been kept deliberately under wraps to keep the audience guessing at the storyline, as per Kapoor), Wamiqa Gabbi, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav and the late Asrani. Pritam has directed the music with Kumaar and journalist Yatindra Mishra pitching in for lyrics.
The film had already stoked controversy over its first-released end-credits song, “Ramji Aake Bhala Karenge” being “copied” in part from the Bengali “Bhooter Raja Dilo Bor” from Satyajit Ray’s 1969 film, “Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne” until Ray’s son, Sandip, himself gave it a “clean chit”.
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