Shooting down rumours he had to pay Rs.50 lakh to jump the queue of releases, director Rohit Shetty says the Diwali release slot got empty after "Aladin" was postponed and created an an opening for his comic caper "All The Best".

"When 'Aladin' was postponed, we got an opening and we decided to release in Diwali. We didn't have to pay any money to advance," Shetty said.

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