Indian Films Plan Mass Online Release

Published by : theadmin | May 16, 2020 7:51 am

After getting stuck due to the Covid-19 crisis, Indian Cinemas are all set to try online releasing as part of the effort to revive the industry.

Gulabo Sitabo, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana, and Shakuntalawith Vidya Balan playing math genius Shakuntala Devi,Keerthy Suresh’s Penguin, Ponmagala Vadhal, starring Jyothika and produced by her husband Suriya, Aditi Rao Hydari’s Sufiyum Sujathayum, and the Kannada films French Biryani and Law are the movies which will release on streaming platform Amazon Prime Video.

Amazon country head Amit Agarwal in a tweet confirmed this matter on Friday. “First day, first show. We’re premiering 7 highly anticipated Indian movies of this year on Prime Video,” Mr Agarwal said in his tweet. The five other films are – Keerthy Suresh’s Penguin, Ponmagala Vadhal, starring Jyothika and produced by her husband Suriya, Aditi Rao Hydari’s Sufiyum Sujathayum, and the Kannada films French Biryani and Law.

Gulabo Sitabo
Shakuntala Devi
Ponmagal Vandhal
Penguin
Law
French Biryani
Sufiyum Sujatayum
First day, first show! We’re premiering 7 highly anticipated Indian movies of this year on Prime Video.
Which one are you waiting for?https://t.co/tVK7QGkAQv
— Amit Agarwal (@AmitAgarwal) May 15, 2020

Two films Gulabo Sitabo, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana, and Shakuntalawith Vidya Balan playing math genius Shakuntala Devi have already announced its digital releasing before.

However, there is a disapproval from South Indian Theatre owners as according to them online releasing would seriously affect their income and it would be inevitably hard them to survive.

Film Exhibitors united organization of Kerala has decided to impose a theatre ban on the movies made by Vijay Babu who is the producer of Sufiyum Sujathayum starring Jayasurya which is slated to hit the mobile screens through Prime Video.

It is also reported that theatre chain giants like INOX, PVR were unhappy about films being released on online platforms like Amazon Prime Video.