Not so long ago, announced that his film PK will release on Christmas this year. However, the announcement left director Anurag Kashyap miffed as he had already announced the release of his dream project Bombay Velvet on the same date.

"All it would have taken is a phone call," Anurag told a leading daily recently, adding, "I heard the rumours and called Raju to tell him that if they were indeed planning a Christmas release to please let me know in advance. At that point, they said there were no such plans."

PK has now been pre-poned and it will now hit cinema houses on December 19, almost a week prior to its previous scheduled date. PK marks the second collaboration of with filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani following the success of 3 Idiots.

“Vinod Chopra Films and Rajkumar Hirani Films, in association with Disney India, confirm that PK shall release on December 19, 2014,” a statement read.

Has Aamir Khan taken this decision after Anurag Kashyap’s reaction to the announcement.

(With inputs from PTI)