Kurbaan to be screened on 1,700 screens

The much awaited and hyped Bollywood flick starring Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, a Rs 50 crore production will be released across more than 1,700 screens globally, of which 1,500 are in India, with the rest split across 24 countries.

Karan Johar has been promoting this love story set against the backdrop of global terrorism. Kareena plays Avantika, a teacher from a University in Delhi, who moves base to New York due to a personal emergency. During this period, she meets a professor â€ Ehsaan Khan, played by Saif Ali Khan â€ they fall in love and get married.

All hell breaks loose when a series of incidents suck Avantika and Ehsaan into a vortex of danger and intrigue.

Earlier Race was released on such a big platform, which was distributed with 1,400 screens of which 1,100 was in India. The movie saw a first weekend collection of Rs 34 crore.

Jodhaa Akbar, which they released with 1,200 screens of which 900 were in India, collected Rs 25 crore.