‘Merry Christmas’: Katrina Kaif-Vijay Sethupathi's film to now release in January 2024; here's why

The makers of the upcoming thriller movie ‘Merry Christmas’ have postponed the official release date of the film yet again. The Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi starrer will now be released in theatres on January 12, 2024.

A new poster featuring Katrina and Vijay was unveiled along with the new release date.

The poster shows Katrina sitting in a restaurant and Vijay keeping a watch on her from the other table.

Another poster shows Vijay thinking hard with three portraits of Katrina placed on the wall behind his back.

Sharing the posters, the makers wrote, ‘The wait is almost over! #MerryChristmas is making your winter merrier on January 12, 2024.’

‘Merry Christmas’ has been postponed multiple times. Earlier, it was expected to clash with Sidharth Malhotra's ‘Yodha’ on December 8, but films have been pushed to a later date to avoid getting affected by Ranbir Kapoor's film ‘Animal’, which hits theatres on December 1.

STATEMENT FROM MAKERS

In a joint statement, the ‘Merry Christmas’ team expressed their deep love for the project and their unwavering commitment to delivering an exceptional cinematic experience.

The statement read, ‘We have made this film with a lot of love & passion like every filmmaker does however with the back-to-back movie releases and packed last two months of 2023, we have taken the decision to extend the season of joy and bring our film to the theatres on 12th January 2024’.

ABOUT THE FILM

‘Merry Christmas’ is directed by Sriram Raghavan of ‘Andhadhun’ fame.

Produced by Ramesh Taurani and Jaya Taurani, Sanjay Routray and Kewal Garg, Merry Christmas is a collaboration made under the banners of Tips Films and Matchbox Pictures.

The film will be released in two languages – Hindi and Tamil.

The Hindi version also stars Sanjay Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Pratima Kannan, and Tinnu Anand, while the Tamil version has Radhika Sarathkumar, Shanmugaraja, Kevin Jay Babu, and Rajesh Williams in the same roles. The film also introduces Pari, a child actor.