Watch: 'There is absolutely nothing,' says John Abraham on a tiff with Akshay Kumar over Batla House and Mission Mangal clash

By Tanmayi Savadi

on July 10, 2019

The team of the upcoming thriller Batla House including its lead cast John Abraham and Mrunal Thakur along with Nora Fatehi unveiled the trailer of the film in the city today. During the launch event, John spoke about the much-talked clash of the film with Akshay Kumar's-Vidya Balan's-Sonakshi Sinha's-Taapsee Pannu's space film Mission Mangal. The actor clarified that there is nothing bitter between him and Akshay and added that there is enough room for multiple films to release on the major weekend of Independence Day. John sportingly said that people will get to watch two good films.

"Honestly, if there was a controversy, I would have loved to create it but Akshay and me are really good friends. We really get along. In fact, parso hi humne ek doosre ko message kiya. There is absolutely nothing. Hum sirf do films release kar rahe hai ek din mein. There is enough space. Audience gets to choose from two good films. Ek toh main keh sakta hoon ki humari film bohot achchi hai. At least one choice the audience has ki ek toh achchi hai. I hope the other two films are also good. That's all I can hope for. But August 15 is a great day," John told during the launch event.

"Akshay and I are really good friends, it's just that we are releasing our films on the same day" - @TheJohnAbraham on #BatlaHouse clashing with #AkshayKumar's #MissionMangal @mrunal0801 @ravikishann @nikkhiladvani @TSeries @EmmayEntertain @johnabrahament @bakemycakefilms pic.twitter.com/5fjXJacZuz

— PeepingMoon (@PeepingMoon) July 10, 2019

Batla House is based on the controversial Batla House shootout on September 18, 2008, between the Delhi Police and terrorists of the Indian Mujahideen. John plays the role of DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav while Mrunal has been cast in as his wife. The film is directed by Nikkhil Advani, produced by Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani, John and Sandeep Leyzell. Batla House is scheduled to release on August 15, 2019.

Speaking of Mission Mangal, the film stars Akshay as Rakesh Dhawan, a senior scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation who brings a team of scientist together for a mission over Mars. The film features Vidya, Sonakshi, Taapsee, Kirti Kulhari, Nithya Menen and Sharman Joshi in important roles. The space film is directed by Jagan Shakti.

(Source: PeepingMoon)