Jab Harry Met Sejal: Twitter Unimpressed By Name (Which Ranbir Shouldn't Take Credit For)

New Delhi: It started out as The Ring; then, for a while, the name Rehnuma was bandied about; and now, it's been revealed that Shah Rukh Khan's next film, co-starring Anushka Sharma and directed by Imtiaz Ali, has a final title. It's called Jab Harry Met Sejal, a neat portmanteau of Hollywood classic When Harry Met Sally and Imtiaz's older hit Jab We Met. The film, set across multiple locations in Europe and Punjab, has been seeking a title for a while, with Salman Khan announcing - via a tweet last November - a campaign to crowdsource the name. So it's unsurprising Shah Rukh Khan's tweets today have a distinctly 'phew-glad-that's-over' tone.

SRK's tweets so far make two things clear - a) Ranbir Kapoor doesn't win the reward for naming the film, sorry dude, and b) Trailer? You want a trailer as well? (Note to SRK - yes, we do).

The social media-shy Ranbir may not see this tweet but there it is, nevertheless:
 

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To actor Riteish Deshmukh's compliment, Shah Rukh Khan responded with disbelieving horror:
 
 

#JabHarryMetSejal is among the top trends on Twitter but not everyone is as appreciative of the film's new title as Riteish. 'Sejal' is causing particularly concentrated mirth.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The big reveal also included a change of date - Jab Harry Met Sejal will now open on August 4 and not on August 11, also booked by Akshay Kumar's Toilet: Ek Prem Katha. In one fell swoop, the film has both backed down from a box office showdown with one of Bollywood's most bankable stars as well as claimed two holiday weekends for itself: it will run unchallenged on the Raksha Bandhan weekend of August 4 and share the Independence Day weekend with Akshay.

That's called strategy - Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment co-produces Jab Harry Met Sejal.