'Sultan' all set release on 6 July to cash in on five day weekend

Mumbai, June 27 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s much anticipated sports-drama film Sultan will release on July 6 on the occasion of Eid. Yash Raj Films made the release date announcement on Monday. [caption id=“attachment_2669658” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Salman Khan and Anushka Sharma from ‘Sultan’. Image from News 18.[/caption] Produced by Aditya Chopra and written-directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Sultan features Salman and Anushka Sharma as wrestlers. Interestingly, it will witness a five-day opening weekend at the box office as July 6 is a Wednesday. “Sultan advance booking for the 5-day festive weekend will start on Sunday, July 3, 2016 across India,” tweeted trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Industry experts believe Sultan will be a box office winner considering Salman’s score at the ticket counters since the past few years.