Sikandar Pulled from Cinemas: Salman Khan’s Film Replaced by Mohanlal’s Empuraan and Gujarati Titles

Quick Summary

• Salman Khan’s latest film Sikandar, directed by AR Murugadoss, has been pulled from Mumbai cinemas after poor performance and mixed-to-negative reviews.
• reports suggest multiplexes such as INOX, Kandivali’s Raghuleela Mall, Cinepolis Seawoods, and PVR Orion mall have replaced Sikandar with other films due to low audience turnout.

– Mohanlal’s L2E: Empuraan, John Abraham’s The Diplomat, and Gujarati films like umbarro and The Best Pandya are now running in its place.
– Specific show replacements include:
– Gujarati film Umbarro replacing evening/night screenings of Sikandar at INOX Kandivali’s Raghuleela Mall.
– Night shows like the 9:30 PM slot switched to Gujarati films such as The Best Pandya.
– Evening shows (5:30 PM and 9:30 PM) replaced with Mohanlal-Prithviraj Sukumaran starrer L2E at key venues including Matrix Cinemas.

• Despite controversy surrounding certain competing releases (Empuraan, etc.), these alternatives have reportedly drawn more viewers then the Salman-starring film.