Jailer vs Maaveeran: Sivakarthikeyan to do THIS for Superstar Rajinikanth to avoid clash at the box office?

If the buzz in the industry is to go by, Sivakarthikeyan is likely to advance the release date of his film, Maaveeran. The team of Maaveeran had earlier announced that the Sivakarthikeyan-starrer would release on the Independence Day week, the date precisely being August 11. But yesterday, the makers of Superstar Rajinikanth's Jailer announced that the film will hit screens on August 10.

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Now it looks like the Maaveeran team is likely to advance the release date to pave the way for the Superstar and to avoid clashes at the box office. The producers of Maaveeran, Shanthi Talkies, have now shared on social media that there would be a new announcement at 5.30pm, hinting at the same. The buzz is that the film will now release on July 14 along with Jayam Ravi's Iraivan.

Maaveeran is a bilingual (Maaveerudu in Telugu) and is directed by National Award-winning director Madonne Ashwin. Aditi Shankar, who made her debut in Karthi's Viruman, will play the leading lady in the film. The digital rights of the film have been bagged by Amazon Prime Video for a whopping sum and the satellite rights have been bagged by Sun TV.

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Jailer, on the other hand, has an ensemble cast comprising Rajinikanth, Jackie Shroff, Mohanlal, Jackie Shroff, Sunil, Ramya Krishnan, Tamanaah, Yogi Babu, Vasanth Ravi, Vinayakan to name a few. The team shared a glimpse of the actors yesterday and their looks are going viral on social media. Jailer is helmed by Nelson Dilipkumar, and has music by Anirudh Ravichander. The film is bankrolled by Sun Pictures.

As for Sivakarthikeyan, apart from Maaveeran, he is also awaiting the release of his science fiction comedy, Ayalaan, directed by Ravikumar. The film stars Rakul Preet Singh, Isha Koppikar, Sharad Kelkar, Yogi Babu, Karunakaran and Bala Saravanan to name a few. The film is slated to hit screens for Deepavali, but the exact release date is yet to be announced.