It's Official! Anushka Shetty's Bhaagamathie confirmed to clash with Akshay Kumar's Padman and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavat

Indian cinema lovers will be spoilt for choice this Republic Day weekend, as three major five films are slated to hit the screens including Bollywood films Padman featuring Akshay Kumar and Sanjal Leela Bhansali's Padmavat.

Earlier, Neeraj Pandey's Aiyaary was scheduled to release on 26 January 2018, but later postponed to avoid clash with Padman and Padmavat.

And now another big budget film has joined the Republic Day weekend race as Telugu superstar Anushka Shetty's Bhaagamathie confirmed to release on 26 January, one day after the release of Padman and Padmavat.

Also, Bhaagamathie is Anushka Shetty's second release after the all-India blockbuster Baahubali 2. Directed by G Ahsok and produced by V Vamsi Krishna Reddy and Pramod Uppalapati of UV Creations. the film is tipped to be a horror-drama. Bhaagamathie stars Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan in the main lead and will be releasing simultaneously in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam languages.