August Releases: Saaho, Mission Mangal, Batla House

While a big box office clash was averted in the month of July, the same can't be said about August.

Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal will release on Independence Day alongside John Abraham's Batla House.

Two more films will challenge each other at the end of the month.

Take a look!

 

Khandaani Shafakhana

Director: Shilpi Dasgupta

Cast: Sonakshi Sinha, Varun Sharma and Badshah

Release Date: August 2

What's it about: A small town girl from an orthodox Punjabi family inherits a sex clinic and has to run it for six months.

 

Jabariya Jodi

Director: Prashant Singh

Cast: Parineeti Chopra and Sidharth Malhotra

Release Date: August 9

What's it about: A romantic comedy about groom kidnapping, which is still prevalent in some parts of northern India.

 

Mission Mangal

Director: Jagan Shakti

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Sonakshi Sinha, Kirti Kulhari, Sharman Joshi, Nithya Menon and H R Dattatreya

Release Date: August 15

What's it about: How a group of scientists from the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully helmed India's first interplanetary foray, the Mars Orbiter Mission.

Batla House

Director: Nikhil Advani

Cast: John Abraham, Mrunal Thakur, Ravi Kishan and Nora Fatehi

Release Date: August 15

What's it about: An action thriller inspired by the 2008 encounter against Indian Mujahideen terrorists in Delhi.

 

Saaho

Director: Sujeeth

Cast: Prabhas, Shraddha Kapoor, Damini Chopra, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Jackie Shroff, Chunky Pandey, Mandira Bedi and Mahesh Manjrekar

Release Date: August 30

What's it about: One man fights an army of thugs to save his city and its people.

 

Chhichhore

Director: Nitesh Tiwari

Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput, Shraddha Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Tahir Raj Bhasin and Prateik Babbar

Release Date: August 30

What's it about: The film follows the life of seven friends from college to their mid-life.