The release planning of Stylish Star Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikunthapuramulo and Prince Mahesh Babu's Sarileru Neekevvaru embroiled huge controversy. Earlier, team Sarileru locked their film's release to January 10 as a Sankranthi gift.
Much before to Sarileru team's announcement, AVP's makers proclaimed their film's release date as January 12. However, sensing that no good openings would be recorded for Sarileru due to pre festival un-season's factor, Sarileru's makers have also thought of pushing their film to January 12.
But then, this decision of Sarileru Neekevvaru's team irked team AVP and there were heated arguments between both the parties during their negotiations. Finally, the discussions have been ended on a fruitful note. According to the reports, AVP would stick to their film's release date for January 12 while Sarileru Neekevvaru will be releasing on January 11. As such, there will be no direct clash between Mahesh Babu and Allu Arjun. There's a gap of just a day between the releases of two big films.