Akshay Kumar announces OMG 2 release date and shares new poster

Akshay Kumar is back with another poster of ‘OMG 2’ offering a glimpse into the new look of his character in the upcoming film. The actor shared the poster and revealed the release date of the movie. The movie is set to be released in theatres on August 11.

Sharing the poster, he wrote, “Just in a few days… #OMG2 in theatres on August 11. Teaser Drops Soon.”As soon as the poster was release, the actor’s fans flooded the comment section. One of the users wrote, “I am waiting this movie.” Another wrote, “Khiladi is back.” Clash with Gadar 2?”, another comment read.

Directed by Amit Rai, ‘Oh My God 2’ is a sequel to Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar-starrer of the same name. In the original film, Akshay had essayed the character of Lord Krishna. Apart from Akshay, the movie also features Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam.

Reacting to his look, Akshay’s Bade Miyan Chote Miyan co-star Tiger Shroff wrote, “paaji (brother)” along with a fire emoji in the comments section. Many of Akshay’s followers warned him to not make fun of Hindu Gods in the film.

OMG 2 will be clashing in theatres with Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel’s upcoming film Gadar 2. Earlier, it was clashing with Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna, Ayushmann Khurrana and Anandya Panday’s Dream Girl 2 and Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan as well but the release dates of the film have now been pushed. Dream Girl will now release on August 25, Jawan in September and Animal in December.

However, Rajinikanth’s upcoming Tamil action film Jailer will be releasing a day before OMG 2, on August 10. Alia Bhatt’s Hollywood debut film Heart of Stone will also release on Netflix on August 11.