Janhvi Kapoor’s Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Gets Pushed To Make Ways For Irrfan Khan’s Angrezi Medium

Irrfan Khan’s Angrezi Medium swapped its release date with Janhvi Kapoor starrer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl. The makers of these two films, Dinesh Vijan and Karan Johar made the announcement of the changes in the release dates of their respective films for the sake of friendship. Janhvi Kapoor starrer Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl was initially slatted to release on March 13, 2020. The makers of the film has now pushed the release of the film, to make ways for Irrfan Khan starrer Angrezi Medium. Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl will now release on 24th April 2020, and Angrezi Medium taking its place has now been preponed to 13th March 2020.

Karan Johar making the announcement on Twitter shared a picture with the makers of Angrezi Medium Dinesh Vijan and wrote, “Friendships in the fraternity are rare but when they exist …they are empowering! Dinoo and I have have made an exchange of dates! ANGREZI MEDIUM will come a week earlier on the GUNJAN SAXENA date 13th of March.2020 and GUNJAN SAXENA takes the ROOHI AFZA date 24th April 2020.”

Friendships in the fraternity are rare but when they exist …they are empowering! Dinoo and I have have made an exchange of dates! ANGREZI MEDIUM will come a week earlier on the GUNJAN SAXENA date 13th of March.2020 and GUNJAN SAXENA takes the ROOHI AFZA date 24th April 2020 pic.twitter.com/s9j6AkZkgn

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) February 17, 2020

Janhvi Kapoor too on Instagram announced the new release date of her film and wrote,

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Have to wait a littttttle longer to share this one with you’ll but I promise it’s special ☺️ Ready to take off in cinemas on 24th April, 2020! @karanjohar @apoorva1972 #ShariqPatel @pankajtripathi @angadbedi @itsvineetsingh @manavvij @sharansharma @dharmamovies @zeestudiosofficial

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Irrfan Khan sharing the new release date of the film wrote,

“This year, father’s day comes early… #AngreziMedium now in cinemas from 13th March 2020!

#KareenKapoorKhan @radhikamadan01 #Deepakdobriyal #DineshVijan #HomiAdajania #DimpleKapadia @RanvirShorey @TripathiiPankaj @kikusharda @maddockfilms @jiostudios @JioCinema @TSeries”

This year, father’s day comes early… #AngreziMedium now in cinemas from 13th March 2020!#KareenKapoorKhan @radhikamadan01 #Deepakdobriyal #DineshVijan #HomiAdajania #DimpleKapadia @RanvirShorey @TripathiiPankaj @kikusharda @maddockfilms @jiostudios @JioCinema @TSeries pic.twitter.com/oBvkE5R97Y

— Irrfan (@irrfank) February 17, 2020

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl  is a biopic, which is  being made on Indian Air Force pilot, Gunjan Saxena, who was the first woman combat aviator to enter the war zone in the 1999 Kargil War. Helmed by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions , this Sharan Sharma directorial also features Angad Bedi and Pankaj Tripathi in pivotal roles.

The trailer of Angrezi Medium was recently unveiled on Thursday, and the trailer of the sequel to Hindi Medium has received an overwhelming response from the audiences. The film boasts of a powerful star cast comprising Irrfan Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Radhika Madan and Deepak Dobriyal. Directed by Homi Adajania, this film is produced by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films.