The  National Awards To  Include OTT Releases?

The merger  of  the big-screen experience with the OTT platform seems  to be getting surer than ever. We now have it from sources  from  the central government that the parameters  for  the  National awards for excellence  in  cinema  for  the  year   2020 likely to  be  extended  to include  films released  on the digital  platform.

Says  a source   in the know, “Many  of  the  films that were scheduled  to be  released  in  theatres is now  going  to the digital platform. It  is  only  reasonable to take  the  OTT platform  into consideration  for  the  National awards.”

 As  of now,  there is  no concrete  or  formal announcement  on this issue. But  sources  say  it’s  bound to   happen  any time in the coming months.