‘Bohurupi’ is not stopping even after the 5th week of release, which is quite unprecedented for a contemporary Bengali movie. The movie has shown a 100 percent growth in shows recently and it surely hints at major changes in the Bengali film industry.
The movie faced the threat of being pulled out of theaters during Diwali as there were some big Hindi titles releasing at that time. Hindi movies have had a monopoly in the Diwali market always, and even if the Bohurupi and Tekka were doing good, the movies were given very few screens, making the distributors complain to the government.
But Bohurupi survived the risk and resurrected as a bigger success. Now, after so many days of its release it is still having houseful shows and there has been a 100 percent rise of the screens now. This is quite extraordinary.
It is always complained that the Bengali audiences do not care much for theatrical releases and are inclined towards art-house OTT releases. Well that is proved wrong now. And Bohurupi will pave the way for many other movies that try to catch the nerve of the audiences and emerge as such big successes.
People were waiting for Bohurupi to come out on OTT, well it will take a little more time now. The movie is still in theaters and if you have not seen it yet, now is a good time.
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