Mumbai, April 9 -- The impact of 'Dhurandhar' and 'Dhurandhar 2' taught the industry a valuable lesson: poor release timing can come at a heavy cost. While many films rescheduled their release dates so as not to get caught in the wave of popularity that Ranveer Singh's film was riding at the box office, the rest of 2026 will still witness some major clashes nonetheless. Interestingly, these clashes are no longer confined to a single day; they are now clearly visible between films with proximate release dates as well.

First up, on May 1, 'Raja Shivaji' starring Riteish Deshmukh will face off with 'Ek Din', which features Aamir Khan's son Junaid in the lead and is made by Aamir Khan Productions. Although the films belong to different genre...