With partial lockdown and theatres still not getting open, acclaimed director Shekhar Kapur has predicted that the future will be OTT, as at-least for an year theatres continue to remain shut. He says that in such situation, stars will be aiming for digital release and that the new system predicts the death of ‘theatrical Star System and Rs 100 crore club business in the first week’.
Bandit Queen director tweeted, “Theatres are not going to open for atleast a year. So all hype around first weeks business of 100+ crores is dead. So the theatrical Star System is dead.” He added, “Stars will have to go to existing OTT platform or stream films themselves through their own apps. Technology is quite simple.” Meanwhile, nearly seven Bollywood movies are in the lineup for OTT release including Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb, Alia Bhatt’s Sadak 2 and Ajay Devgn’s Bhuj: The Pride Of India and many others.
