Ever since the lockdown was imposed in India and the movie theatres were shut indefinitely, there was a question from everyone as for the release of the Vijay starrer Master. Since the movie was postponed once from it’s initial date of April 9th 2020, Fans were wondering if the movie is going to release on an OTT platform and several rumors regarding this also came out. While no response from any of the officials didn’t helped in this matter and people were starting to speculate that Master might arrive on some OTT platform like any other big star movie nowadays. Similarly in Telugu Industry the upcoming Nithin starrer Rang De’s release was a debatable topic from many weeks. But now the makers of both the film had a chance to interact with the media and put forward their views.
Master’s director Lokesh Kanagaraj, recently attended a charity function which was organized by Vijay’s fans in Coimbatore. The director expressed his joy after he was invited for a noble cause and congratulated Vijay’s fans for organizing the event. After that he addressed the media and unsurprisingly the question came regarding the release of Master. To which Lokesh firmly said that, “there is no chance for a film like Master to release on any OTT Platform and they are patiently waiting for the theatres to reopen.”
Apart from Vijay, Master also stars – Vijay Sethupathi, Malavika Mohanan, Andrea Jeremiah, Shanthanu Bhagyaraj and Arjun Das in crucial roles.
He also added that ” I have been in touch with several other people who are in talks with the government regarding the reopening of the movie theatres. I think and believe that if government does not decide to open the silver screens soon enough, thousands of people’s livelihood will be at stake”.
On the other hand Nithin starrer Telugu movie Rang De was in reports which claimed that Zee Entertainment has bagged the rights of the film’s digital release and the movie might arrive on Zee’s pay per view model ZeePlex. While no official confirmation regarding the same arrived from anywhere, until today when the Rang De team officially resumed their shooting of the film while managing all the precautions in Hyderabad.
Sithara Entertainments, the production company for the film announced the commencement of their shooting which the makers are planning to wrap up by mid October. The Twitter handle of Sithara Entertainments also posted that “See you all this Sankranthi”. This clearly suggest that the makers are not eyeing for an OTT release and will bide their time by patiently waiting for the theatres to resume. Rang De is being directed by Venky Atluri and also stars Keerthy Suresh as the female lead.
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