The past year has been a very rough one for everyone and even for the film industries around the world. Many films were stopped and some releases were delayed. The case was the same for the Indian film Industry as many big budget movies and also some that were starring the big superstars were delayed due to the pandemic. Everyone was waiting for the year 2021 and just as it came, along with it came the happy news for the fans of the Indian Film Industry.
The release dates for various movies started coming out and one of the first to release was Vijay’s “Master”. Master gave some sort of hope to the filmmakers from all different film industries in India. The movie saw the coming of audience in theatres and that encouraged others to start releasing the movies. As this was going on, fans were expecting some sort of news to come from Bollywood too, in hopes that they can watch the Hindi movies releasing in the theatres, but this wasn’t happening anytime soon.
As people still waited for the Hindi movies, movie goers found happiness in the Southern Film Industry. The regional film industries were taking bold steps and were declaring the release dates, releasing trailers, posters, movie clips to keep people engaged in the upcoming movies. As movies like Prabhas’ RadheShyam, Dhanush’s Karnan, Jr. NTR’s RRR, Vijay Deverakonda’s Liger get release dates, fans are expecting more from the industries down south. The hype of the movie releases, the OTT rights for the movies, the actors and the stories of the movie are something that are keeping fans on the edge of their seats. Each passing day, there has been some or the other news coming up from the Southern Movie industry and that is keeping people hooked to what is going to come and what not.
As this was the case with all the movies down south, Bollywood had gone silent about the updates on their movie releases. Yes, we have received the release dates for various movies but that has been it. The hype around those movies are nowhere near what the others are receiving. Even after the government declared the movie theatres will have 100% occupancy, there has been no sign of any Hindi movie releasing any time soon. The only news we get is when Netflix is releasing an Netflix India original movie or series.
The Indian Film Industry has suffered losses in the past year and that is quite evident but the amount of work the Southern Film industries is putting in at this point makes people and fans think about the contribution it is providing to revive the Indian Film Industry all together. The steps of releasing the movies in theatres and some others through OTT platforms are bold and courageous in itself. As the days go by now, we hope that the others too can learn from them and get ready to release the films. This past year has been really long for everyone and it’s almost time to get the show on the road now.