India, May 14 -- Vijay Deverakonda has announced that the release of his upcoming film, Kingdom, has been rescheduled due to ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan. The film which was set to hit the screens on May 30 will now release on July 4.

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Vijay took to his X (formerly Twitter) account and posted a long note along with a BTS picture with director Gowtham Tinnanuri announcing the new release date of the film.

The note read, "To our dear audience, we wish to inform that the release of our film Kingdom, which was originally set for May 30, has been rescheduled to July 4. We explored every possibility to...