Akshay Kumar And John Abraham Box Office Clash: Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is once again ready to rock on 15th August. His upcoming film ‘Khel-Khel Mein’ is set to release on the occasion of Independence Day this year.
This film of Akshay Kumar is directed by Mudassar Aziz. Along with Akshay, stars like Taapsee Pannu, Vaani Kapoor, Fardeen Khan and Amy Virk will also be seen in this film. Earlier, Ajay Devgan and Allu Arjun’s films were to be released on 15 August. However, after their release was postponed, Akshay Kumar has grabbed this golden opportunity.
Apart from ‘Khel Khel Mein’, Ajay Devgn’s film ‘Singham Again’ and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2 were also going to release on 15 August. However, the release of both these films has been postponed. Media reports are claiming that both these big films will now release on the occasion of Diwali this year. However, Akshay’s clash will now be with John Abraham. John’s film Veda is also going to release on 15 August.
It is worth noting that Akshay Kumar and John Abraham are very good friends of each other. Both have also done films together. However, both have clashed twice on 15 August so far. Now both of them will have a box office clash for the third time on the occasion of 15 August. But along with this, let us know that when both of them were face to face on 15 August before this, who won both the times in this competition.
Mission Mangal and Batla House clashed in 2019
Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Mission Mangal’ was released on 15 August 2019. In this film, actresses like Vidya Balan, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari and Taapsee Pannu were in important roles along with Akshay. Directed by Jagan Shakti, this film earned Rs 200 crore at the Indian box office. At the same time, John’s film Batla House was also released on 15 August 2019. Nikhil Advani was the director of this film. Made in a budget of 45 crores, this film earned Rs 97.18 crore at the Indian box office. But John was far behind Akshay.
There was a clash between Gold and Satyamev Jayate in 2018
Before 2019, John Abraham and Akshay Kumar had a box office clash for the first time on the occasion of 15 August in 2018 and this competition was also won by Akshay Kumar. Then Akshay’s film Gold was released in which Mouni Roy was seen with him. This film collected Rs 107.37 crore at the box office. Whereas John Abraham’s film Satyamev Jayate earned Rs 89 crore. In this competition too, John lagged behind Akshay.