The sudden startling announcement of and by Salman Khan of his latest project entitled rather significantly Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali raised quite a few eyebrows. Why announce a film for Eid 2021 which is a year-and-a -half away? Looks like there is a well thought-out strategy to this seemingly premature move. Apparently the Salman Khan starrer Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali is a film relevant to, or rather a counterpoint to, the present-day politics in India. In this atmosphere of polarization and toxicity, the need of the hour is messages of harmony and peace. Cinema has been a sincere platform of secularism in our country; Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali will take the cinematic experience back to the days of films like Yash Chopras Dharmputra and Dhool Ka Phool. It addresses the issue of Hindu-Muslim amity, says an informed source. Apparently the source for the plot is Salman Khans own family. His father is Muslim. His mother is Hindu. Helen Aunty is a Catholic. Salmans family is a living example of communal amity. The films plot will be similar. It will portray the ups and downs in a family which celebrates both Eid and Diwali with equal fervour. It will be Salmans homage to the enduring spirit of oneness and brotherhood, a counterpoint to the currently vitiated atmosphere in the country, says the source.