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Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar set to be postponed again

After being postponed for more than thrice in the past, Yash Raj Films’ much-delayed thriller Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar was expected to hit the silver screen on 1st March, 2019. But if fresh reports are to be believed, the makers are eyeing a solo release date for the movie, and hence it may miss its March 1 release.

Starring Parineeti Chopra and Arjun Kapoor in lead roles, Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar was slated to clash with Sonchiraiya and Luka Chuppi on 1st March. To avoid the direct clash with two big films starring popular actors, the makers at YRF are now looking at an alternate release date for the Dibakar Banerjee directorial.


“It is a fully multiplex film and it is a thriller. It definitely needs a clean release period. Now, two films are releasing on March 1 and both are urban, multiplex films targeting similar theatre-going audience set. It doesn’t make sense to have a three-way clash and YRF is thinking about other release dates for the film. A clean and clear run will benefit the film tremendously and YRF has to look at the release schedule closely to arrive at a decision,” an industry informer reveals.

Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar marks the third collaboration between Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra after Ishaqzaade (2012) and Namastey England (2018).

An official announcement regarding the new release date of the film is awaited.

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  • Netflix board approved a $25bn share repurchase on 22 April, with no expiry date.
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  • Netflix stock has fallen more than 10 per cent since weak Q2 guidance, closing at $93.24 on 22 April.
Netflix has approved a $25 billion share buyback programme, using capital it had kept aside for its failed bid to buy Warner Bros.
The board gave the green light on 22 April, with the decision disclosed in an SEC filing the next day.
There is no expiry date on the programme. It comes on top of an existing December 2024 buyback that still had $6.8 billion left as of 31 March.

Earlier this year, Netflix pulled out of an $83 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros' streaming and studio assets after Paramount Skydance made a rival bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount then paid Netflix a $2.8 billion exit fee.

Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters had already said the company would restart share buybacks once the deal was off.

Netflix shares have had a rough ride. They hit an all-time high of $134.12 in June 2025, then fell more than 40 per cent when the Warner Bros deal was announced.

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