Suriya’s S3 and Vijay’s Bairavaa are the most awaited Tamil films of the season. There are speculations doing the rounds that both these films might clash for Pongal 2017. But our sources inform that the clash is unlikely to happen.
Since S3 and Baiaravaa are highly anticipated, both the makers would not prefer one film eating the business of another. Plus Suriya has a huge fan base in Tollywood. S3 will be releasing as Yamudu 3 in Telugu and is expected to take a huge opening in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana region as well.
But for Pongal/Sankranthi, Chiranjeevi’s Khaidi No 150 will be releasing. S3 was pushed from December 16th to December 23rd to support Ram Charan’s Dhruva as Suriya considered Dhruva to be his family film. It is very likely that Suriya would be expressing the same feeling when Ram Charan’s father Chiranjeevi’s comeback film releases. Considering all this, S3 will apparently not release for Pongal 2017. But when is the next possible option?
Some say S3 is targeting for January 25th release for Republic Day weekend. Two high profile Hindi films, Raees and Kabil are planned for Jan 25th. If S3 releases alongside these Bollywood films, it’s FMS (Foreign, Malaysia and Singapore) screen share could be comparatively less. So there are chances that S3 could be pushed to February 2017. We are told that the makers are eyeing for February 10th.
Let us wait for an official confirmation from the team.