Sooryavanshi Won’t Release In Multiplexes? Wait For 15 February

  The Indian entertainment industry is reeling under the impact of Covid 19. Hoping to revive the fortunes in the  movie-theatre  business Reliance  Entertainment and  co-producer Rohit Shettyhave been frantically negotiating with the  multiplex chains for the widest possible release   of the Akshay Kumar-Katrina Kaif starrer Sooryavanshi.

 However the latest reports on this front are not encouraging. According to insiders  Reliance Entertainment has reached a stalemate in their negotiations with the multiplexes.

A leading distributor  informs me, “The  producers   of Sooryavanshi  and the multiplexes  have not been  able to come to a common number regarding the profit-sharing. Sooryavanshi  may not release  in the  multilplex  chains at all. The  producers  may decide  to release it on  April  2 in single theatres and  on the  OTT platform.”
However  another  source  from a leading multiplex chain  dismisses these  misgivings. “These are  all arm-twisting tactics.  The  Sooryavanshi producers will come around on the  negotiation table  and the  film  will release in the multiplex chains as well as  single theatres. The  announcement  will be made on February 15.”