No clashing with mentor 

It is widely known that director Nitesh Tiwari’s Bawaal, starring Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor, was to première on Amazon Prime Video on July 27. However, the première has now been advanced to July 21. Apparently, the movie’s core team felt it wasn’t the right date as Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (RARKPK) releases the following day, on July 28. Even though the Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt-starrer opens in cinemas, the Bawaal team felt it wasn’t fair to première the love story a day before, even on OTT. While Varun and Janhvi hold KJo in high regard as he launched them in Student Of The Year (2012) and Dhadak (2018) respectively, producer Sajid Nadiadwala collaborated with him on 2 States (2014) and Kalank (2019). So, they opted to begin streaming Bawaal a week earlier than KJo’s RARKPK.