SRK and Ben Affleck face-to-face on Diwali

Ben Affleck's "Gone Girl" will release on the Diwali weekend in India along with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Bollywood extravaganza "Happy New Year".

The David Fincher-directorial movie will release on Oct 24, a day after the festival of Diwali, and "Happy New Year" is expected to hit screens on the same day.

Based on a best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl" features Affleck as a writer who is caught in a media circus when his wife goes missing and the police suspect he is responsible. Rosamund Pike plays his wife, while other characters are essayed by Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, and Carrie Coon.

The film, which examines dishonesty, the media, the economy's effects on marriage, released in the US on Oct 3.

Meanwhile, SRK-starrer "Happy New Year" is among Bollywood's much-awaited entertainers this year. Directed by Farah Khan, the multi-starrer heist drama also features Deepika Padukone, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Sonu Sood and Vivaan Shah.