Sidharth Malhotrain Aiyaary and Akshay Kumar in PadMan. (Images by Sidharth and Akshay)
Highlights
- Akshay Kumar's PadMan is a dramedy directed by R Balki
- Sidharth's Aiyaary is a crime thriller directed by Neeraj Pandey
- The trailer of PadMan released to phenomenal response on Friday
Sidharth Malhotra's
Aiyaary is all set to clash with Akshay Kumar's
PadMan on Republic Day. Sidharth and team
Aiyaary shared the first poster of their film announcing the release date as January 26, which was confirmed as the release date of
PadMan a few weeks ago. The
Brothers co-stars will now compete for a better collection at the ticket window soon. The
trailer of PadMan released to phenomenal response on Friday.
Aiyaary and
PadMan are absolutely different in terms of content and plot.
Aiyaary is a patriotic film while
PadMan is a dramedy inspired from the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham.
Here's the first poster of
Aiyaary:
Watch the trailer of
PadMan:
On Friday, the makers of
Aiyaary pranked social media with a promotional gimmick by sending the film's lead actor off Twitter with the message: "Sorry, I am done!" Sidharth's
Aiyaary co-stars Rakul Preet Singh and Pooja Chopra also responded to his tweet asking if things were okay with the trending hashtag #SidsOffTheGrid. Twitter slammed the makers' promotional tactic as a "cringe-worthy marketing" piece.
On Saturday, Sidharth (aka Major Jai Bakshi on Twitter) returned to the platform when commanded by Colonel Abhay Singh (Manoj Bajpayee's character in
Aiyaary).
Twitter is not impressed:
Back to Aiyaary vs PadMan: Aiyaary is a crime drama directed by Neeraj Pandey, who has made films like
Baby and
Special 26 with Akshay Kumar. Meanwhile, Akshay's
PadMan is produced by Twinkle Khanna and it is directed by R Balki. The film also features Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in pivotal roles.