Alia Bhatt to clash with Ranbir Kapoor at box-office, Animal and Heart of Stone to release on same date

Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor will be coming face to face as their upcoming films will be released on the same date

While the actress will be making her Hollywood debut in Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan starrer Heart of Stone, Ranbir will be seen in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal. Alia shared the details of her film on Instagram revealing that Heart of Stone is scheduled to premiere on February 10, the same day when Animal, also starring Rashmika Mandanna will hit the theaters.

Alia's movie will be released on streaming giant Netflix. Though Ranbir's film Animal will face tough competition against Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel's Gadar 2. Meanwhile, Alia shared Netflix's slate for 2023 which also features snaps of Heart of Stone.

While details about Animal are kept under wraps, the first look of actor Ranbir Kapoor from the film suggests it to be an action entertainer. The poster features Ranbir in a beefed up avatar holding an axe while he lights up a cigarette.

The film is directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanda. He is the one who remade the Shahid Kapoor-starrer hit movie 'Kabir Singh' out of his own directorial 'Arjun Reddy'