Last week, on November 22 news of Karan Johar reuniting with Kartik Aaryan after their major fallout during the Dostana 2 shooting, took everyone by surprise. What made the announcement more special was the fact that it was Kartik’s birthday when the filmmaker chose to break this news to the world. Apparently, Karan Johar is joining hands with Ekta Kapoor for this next untitled with Kartik as the lead. Sharing the little details, the filmmaker also said that the film is slated to be released in the cinemas on Independence Day 2025.
Now, there’s more to it, as we might get to experience something we have not yet. As exactly a week later news of Hrithik Roshan and Jr NTR starrer War 2 going to hit the silver screens on Independence Day 2025 weekend started doing the rounds.
The unversed War 2 is from YRF’s spy universe. And more than that we are all about Bollywood’s infamous legacy friendship. Yes, we are talking about Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra. Keeping this equation in mind, will get to witness for the first time a clash between Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films and Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.
On many occasions, Karan has spoken about his bond with Aditya Chopra and how the two of them are best of friends. Even, the big filmmaker and producer that Karan is today, had actually started his journey by assisting on Aditya’s debut film, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). Now, with both of them being in business in the same industry, they have always ensured not to release their film on the same day, which might end up hurting their business.
However, it will be interesting to see this clash, if it all is planned to happen this way. August 15, 2025, is a high in demand date to release a film because of a national holiday.