Over the weekend gone by, some peaceful minds went on an overdrive and cooked up stories around Ram Gopal Varma revising plans for his first release (out of his huge line up ahead) this year -‘Agyaat’.

Though the movie has always been confirmed for a 24th July release for last so many months, there were whispers going in the industry circles that this horror/supernatural thriller was pulled by a week and would instead see a 17th July release. Quite a few reasons were being stated for the early release of the movie but all of them have been canceled, what with the man at the driving seat, Ram Gopal Varma, himself refusing any such developments.

"‘Agyaat’ is coming on 24th July, the day when the movie was originally slated for release. There was never a thought about any other date, absolutely not 17th", Ramu sets the record straight here.

The sources though had a special story to tell. "It was being contemplated whether ‘Agyaat’ should come on 17th July. There were reasons for that, both professional as well as personal", she tells.

And what were these 'professional' and 'personal' reasons? "First and foremost the release of much bigger movie ‘Luck’ on 24th July. If ‘Agyaat’ comes on the same day, screens would be divided and there are chances of tussle for best show timings between the two movies. Both ‘Luck’ and ‘Agyaat’ are esteemed projects in their own right and it was being considered if the clash could be avoided", she tells.

Detailing the other reasons, she includes, "Moreover, Soham Shah (director of Luck) had assisted Ramu on ‘Bhoot’ and it would have been a clash between a master and pupil. After ‘Kaal’, ‘Luck’ is a key project for Soham and even he too would prefer to arrive solo with his movie. Thirdly, ‘Jashnn’ which arrives on 17th July would have been a much lesser competition for ‘Agyaat’."

Nonetheless, none of the reasons stated above have forced Ramu to change his release date of 24th July for ‘Agyaat’. In fact the promotion for ‘Agyaat’ has already kick started on web, print and satellite media while Luck is yet to be out with even it's 'First Look'.

Even while Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision Ltd. has announced 24th July as the D-day for ‘Luck’ which stars Sanjay Dutt, Imran Khan, Mithun Chakraborthy, Shruti Hassan, Danny Denzongpa, Ravi Kishan and Chitrakshi, one wonders that with less than 50 days to go for the film's arrival, whether ‘Luck’ would instead be aiming at shifting it's own release plans!