MUMBAI: The release date of PVR Pictures’ Dibakar Banejee-directed Shanghai has been postponed. Earlier, the film was to release on 26 January 2012.

The makers have postponed the release because Karan Johar has decided to release his Hrithik-Roshan-starrer Agneepath on the same day.

The political thriller has been inspired by a mid-1960s book, ‘Z‘, written by Greek writer and diplomat Vassilis Vassilikos. The book was first translated on the big screen through an eponymous French film released in 1969.

Shanghai stars Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit,
Farooque Shaikh and Supriya Pathak.