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ENTERTAINMENT EYE JANUARY 14, 2022 | The Indian Eye 38

Focus back on OTT originals as

new releases on big screen hit by Omicron

Prabhas’ ‘Radhe Shyam’ release postponed amid Omicron concerns;

the release of Jersey and RRR also affected; ‘Gehraiyaan’ has new release date on Amazon

OUR BUREAU
Mumbai

ans of superstar Prabhas will
have to wait a little longer to
Fwitness the much-anticipat-
ed story of ‘love and destiny’ as the
makers of ‘Radhe Shyam’ have post-
poned the release of the movie due to
a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Taking to their Twitter handle,
the makers released an official state-
ment noting, “We have been trying
our best for the past few days but
considering the growing cases of omi-
cron variant it looks like we will have
to wait for our labour of love to get
to the big screens.” “Radhe Shyam is
a story about love vs destiny and we
are sure that your love will help us
rise over these tough times together.
Will see you in the cinemas soon!!”
the statement concluded.
Helmed by Radha Krishna Ku- A still from Radhe Shyam A new poster of Gehraaiyan
mar, ‘Radhe Shyam’, which stars
Pooja Hegde opposite Prabhas, was
scheduled to hit the screens on Janu- dow. Starting end December 2021, raj, a Yashraj Films production star- The newly released posters in-
ary 14, 2022. No new release date has we saw 83 hit the theatres but every- ring Akshay Kumar scheduled for a clude captivating individual char-
been unveiled yet. thing after that has been postponed. 21 January release, with a budget of acter posters for the lead cast, a
First it was Jersey, a Shahid Ka- over Rs 200 crore and suddenly one heart-warming poster featuring
When sooryavanshi released poor-starrer, to be followed by some is staring at money to the tune of Deepika who will play the role of
seriously big projects, like RRR, a Rs 1,000 crore in limbo. Aman Gill, Alisha and Siddhant Chaturvedi as
last november, it was a money film directed by S S Rajamouli of co-producer of Jersey, says the only Zain and an ensemble poster with
spinner and garnered a cool Baahubali fame and which has a option is to “wait and watch.” To him, the leads.
budget of Rs 450 crore, and Radhe the collections between October and Adding to the curiosity and in-
rs 180 crore at the box office. Shyam, a film starring Prabhas with December for some of the films was trigue around the movie, the posters
The mood of gloom was now an outlay of Rs 350 crore. The stakes most encouraging. “The audience tease the audience with what one can
are huge since these two films are was waiting to be in the theatre but expect with this relationship drama.
all optimism and the average multi-lingual – to be released in Hin- the situation is suddenly worrisome.” The posters were first shared by
performance of 83 was over- di and at least one of the south Indian Meanwhile, on the occasion Deepika, who dedicated this to her
languages. “The moment it is more of lead actor Deepika Padukone’s fans. “On this special day, a little
shadowed by the sparkling run than one language, a release during birthday, makers of the upcoming ro- birthday present for all the love you
of both spider-Man: no Way this phase is extremely difficult,” mantic drama ‘Gehraiyaan’ unveiled have showered us with!”
says trade analyst Taran Adarsh. If the new release date and posters of Alongside Deepika and Sid-
home and the hindi dubbed Mumbai and Delhi are badly affect- the Amazon Original movie. dhant, the film also features Ananya
version of Pushpa. ed by the virus, a release in the south The intense posters released on Panday as Tia and Dhairya Karwa
cannot make good the revenue loss. Wednesday revealed that the Ama- as Karan in the lead along with Na-
“The producers will have to contend zon Original movie will have its OTT seeruddin Shah and Rajat Kapur in
The festive season for Bollywood with how to tackle the overseas mar- world premiere across more than 240 pivotal roles.
starts off with Dussehra all the way kets too. Without any doubt, the sit- countries and territories on February Jointly produced by Dharma
to the second week of January – and uation is most challenging and not a 11, 2022. Directed by Shakun Batra, Productions, Viacom18 and Shakun
is the most important period from a good one to be in.” the much-awaited movie looks be- Batra’s Jouska Films, the movie will
commercial point of view. Producers, Officially, the release of Jersey, neath the surface of complex modern now have its world premiere exclu-
especially those with a big-budget, RRR and Radhe Shyam have been relationships, adulting, letting go and sively on Amazon Prime Video on
want to get the most from this win- deferred. Top that up with Prithvi- taking control of ones’ life path. February 11, 2022.

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