In May, Amazon Prime Video announced the direct premiere of seven films on the OTT platform skipping a theatrical release. Among the list of pan-Indian films was Vidya Balan starrer Shakuntala Devi. While the release date of the same had not been announced back then, the streamer has now confirmed that the film will be available on the platform from July 31.
Sufiyum Sujathayum, starring Jayasurya and Aditi Rao Hydari in the lead roles will hit the OTT platform, Amazon Prime Video, directly on July 3. The film is a romantic thriller directed by Karie fame Naranipuzha Shanavas. Bankrolled by Vijay Babu’s Friday Film House, Sufiyum Sujathayum is the fifth movie collaboration of Jayasurya and Vijay Babu after Philips And The Monkey Pen, Aadu Oru Bheekarajeeviyaanu 1 and 2, and Thrissur Pooram.
While the teaser and trailer have already led to several comparisons with local and foreign language films owing to the genre, are you ready for all that talk after the film? (Laughs. ) I’m happy that my film is being compared to the many wonderful films across the world.I actually wanted to do a science-fiction action script for my first film and Penguin wasn’t in the picture back then.
With relaxations on most rules imposed earlier due to the global coronavirus pandemic being announced, the Indian film and television industry is slowly looking to bounce back to normalcy. Rumours that theatres will open soon, once the lockdown ends completely have surfaced despite the increasing number of coronavirus positive cases in India.
Since the coronavirus induced-lockdown was announced and the news that theatres will take a while to open up broke out, speculations about several films hitting Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms directly have been rife. While few makers put out statements dismissing these rumours, some have remained tight-lipped.
The shutting down of theatres and halting of production and promotional activities due to coronavirus has led to widespread rumours about several films in Bollywood. Right from speculations about films’ release on Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms to production updates, rumour-mongers have left no stone unturned.
Director Hari Viswanath, in this interview with Silverscreen India, speaks about his debut film Radiopetti that won at Busan and on his second feature Bansuri, working with Anurag Kashyap and Rituparna Sengupta and being an outlier in the industry.In fact, once Hari zeroed in on Bansuri as his next project, he decided he would take it to its logical conclusion. “I travelled for a year, alone, and decided the time was right to make my second film,” says Hari.