MUMBAI: Of late there is a craze to release films during Eid-ul-Zuha period as Salman Khan’s Wanted (2009),‘Dabangg (2010) and Bodyguard (2011) managed to cash in on the festival hype and rake in the moolah at the box office.

Producers Balaji Motion Pictures and Vikramaditya Motwane’s Phantom have decided to release their Ranveer Singh-Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Lootera this Eid along with Yash Raj Film’s Ek Tha Tiger on 26 October.

Sinha, who made her acting debut opposite Khan in Dabangg, also finds Eid lucky for her. Reportedly, the actress asked the makers of Lootera to release the film on Eid as she considers it an auspicious day.

Lootera is a classic love story set in the 1950s.