Abhijit Panse, director Abhijit Panse, director of Thackeray, based on the life of Shiv Sena founder isn’t worried about competing with Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi and Emraan Hashmi-starrer Cheat India. He says if a film is good, it will work. All the three movies will hit the screens on January 25, 2019. Asked if Panse would like to change the release date of Thackeray — based on Bal Thackeray’s life — he told IANS: ‘We have already announced the date. We won’t change it. We were thinking of releasing it on January 23, which is Thackeray Sir’s birth anniversary date but later we thought of releasing it on 25th,’ he said. (IANS)