There are two opinions always about releases, one call is taken by producers and one is taken by distributors. However, whenever the producer decides, its final then.
Unlike the earlier news that debuting hero Akkineni Akhil is considering a December release as a sentiment, hero Nitin, the film's producer, is hellbent on releasing the film on October 21st itself. Today he confirmed that the film's shooting got complete except for 3 songs and the film will be hitting screens for Dasara eve only. That puts Akhil in the big race as Ram Charan's #RC9 directed by Sreenu Vaitla is getting readied for a October 12th/15th release.
On the other hand, a bunch of movies like Kanche, Dynamite, Size Zero and Sivam are releasing on October 2nd.