vicky kaushal garnered a lot of praises for zara hatke zara bachke and the film proved to be a hit at the box office the actor will be seen next in meghna gulzars sam bahadur the film is based on field marshall sam maneckshaws life the makers had announced the films release on december 1 2022 along with the first look of the movie sam bahadur is set to release on december 1 2023 and the release date was announced exactly a year in advancehowever now sandeep reddy vangas animal has also chosen the same release date earlier the movie was supposed to release on august 11 but the makers decided to postpone the films release date it was said that the vfx work will take more time hence it will be pushed however they also wanted to avoid clash with sunny deols gadar 2 and akshay kumars omg 2 theyve now decided to release animal on december 1 hence ranbir kapoor and vicky kaushal would have a clash at the box office while one thought that sam bahadur might change its release date producer ronnie screwvala has confirmed that they wont budgeronnie said in an interview that they had announced the release date of sam bahadur a year in advance and they will come on that day come what may the film is based on one of the greatest men in the country and the audience would support them moreover he isnt scared with the clash because eventually good content works in the longer run and its no longer about the friday openingssam bahadur also stars sanya malhotra and fatima sana sheikh meanwhile animal has bobby deol anil kapoor and rashmika mandanna alongside ranbir