COVID-19 second wave: 10 Tamil biggies on hold this Summer
COVID-19 second wave: 10 Tamil biggies on hold this Summer
The recent surge in the COVID-19 cases has once again halted the film industry. Started with Master s blockbuster success, Tamil cinema was slowly returning to normalcy with the recent back-to-back hits of Karthi s Sulthan and Dhanush s Karnan. The Tamil Nadu Government has now passed an order to shut down all the theaters, and hence, all the biggies that were planned to release for the Summer holidays stand postponed. A few are in talks with OTT platforms to bypass theatrical release.
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Movies debuting on OTT may become norm in lockdown 2.0
April 28, 2021
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The latest round of Covid-related curbs resulting in cinemas being shut down in Tamil Nadu brought to an abrupt end the good show put out by Tamil film industry.
After a near washout of 2020 due to a stringent lockdown, Tamil cinema came back with the bang with the release of Vijay’s
Master for Pongal in January 2021. The movie saw the biggest theatrical release post-lockdown, opening in around 900 screens in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. According to trade estimates, Master grossed over ₹200 crore at the box office and pulled a decent number of audience back to theatres offering a ray of hope to film exhibitors across the country.
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Here’s a list of upcoming Bollywood movies in 2021
by Mayukh Majumdar | April 27, 2021, 17:31 IST
Like with every other industry, the novel coronavirus has put a wrench in every plan to release movies in theatres when it comes to the Hindi film industry. Films have been laying in cans for two years now as the COVID-19 virus spreads and mutates, drowning the country in a devastating second wave. There are a few films down South that have been released like Dhanush’s
Karnan and Pawan Kalyan’s
Vakeel Saab. Both these films performed exceedingly well at the Box Office, considering the current scenario. As for Bollywood, post the decision to allow screenings of films in theatres, a few films like