Shoojit Sircar on skipping theatrical release for Sardar Udham Not guilty its not a mistake
Mumbai Sep 30 PTI Director Shoojit Sircar on Thursday said he does not view opting for a digital release for his upcoming feature Sardar Udham as a mistake because the decision was taken keeping in mind the best interest of the filmHeadlined by Vicky Kaushal the film is gearing up to be released on Amazon Prime Video on October 16Sardar Udham which was completed in 2019 was earlier expected to release theatricallyDuring the trailer launch of the film Sircar was asked if he feels he could have waited longer for cinema halls to reopen so that the movie could have had a big screen releaseIts a tricky question Theres a destiny for every film and Sardar Udham landed on Amazon Prime When I shot the film this wasnt the situation We shot the film for cinemasI do not feel guilty that its releasing on a digital platform We decided that this will go on the digital platform I didnt feel that this was a mistake I was making the filmmaker told reportersThe Maharashtra government recently allowed cinema halls in the state a prime market for Bollywood films to resume operations from October 22Last year during the coronavirus pandemic-induced nationwide lockdown which resulted in cinema halls being shut across the country Sircars Gulabo Sitabo was one of the first films to head to the OTT platformStarring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana the film also premiered on Amazon Prime Video in JuneThe filmmaker said he is impatient and wants to showcase his work to the audience as quickly as possible which is why both Gulabo Sitabo and Sardar Udham didnt wait for the reopening of cinema hallsWhat I also experienced after Gulabo Sitabo was the reach the film got I thought this film Sardar Udham also needs a huge global platform apart from our Indian territories That was also a good reason for me to go aheadYes the cinematic experience of a theatre will be surely missed but it is not a compromise on the cinematic narrative Itll be as cinematic on a big screen as it is on a small screen Sircar addedThe film is a biopic on freedom fighter Sardar Udham Singh who assassinated Michael ODwyer the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab in British India in 1940 to avenge the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacreThe Amazon original movie penned by Ritesh Shah and Shubhendu Bhattacharya is produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar PTI JUR RDS RDS
Mumbai Sep 30 PTI Director Shoojit Sircar on Thursday said he does not view opting for a digital release for his upcoming feature Sardar Udham as a mistake because the decision was taken keeping in mind the best interest of the filmHeadlined by Vicky Kaushal the film is gearing up to be released on Amazon Prime Video on October 16Sardar Udham which was completed in 2019 was earlier expected to release theatricallyDuring the trailer launch of the film Sircar was asked if he feels he could have waited longer for cinema halls to reopen so that the movie could have had a big screen releaseIts a tricky question Theres a destiny for every film and Sardar Udham landed on Amazon Prime When I shot the film this wasnt the situation We shot the film for cinemasI do not feel guilty that its releasing on a digital platform We decided that this will go on the digital platform I didnt feel that this was a mistake I was making the filmmaker told reportersThe Maharashtra government recently allowed cinema halls in the state a prime market for Bollywood films to resume operations from October 22Last year during the coronavirus pandemic-induced nationwide lockdown which resulted in cinema halls being shut across the country Sircars Gulabo Sitabo was one of the first films to head to the OTT platformStarring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana the film also premiered on Amazon Prime Video in JuneThe filmmaker said he is impatient and wants to showcase his work to the audience as quickly as possible which is why both Gulabo Sitabo and Sardar Udham didnt wait for the reopening of cinema hallsWhat I also experienced after Gulabo Sitabo was the reach the film got I thought this film Sardar Udham also needs a huge global platform apart from our Indian territories That was also a good reason for me to go aheadYes the cinematic experience of a theatre will be surely missed but it is not a compromise on the cinematic narrative Itll be as cinematic on a big screen as it is on a small screen Sircar addedThe film is a biopic on freedom fighter Sardar Udham Singh who assassinated Michael ODwyer the former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab in British India in 1940 to avenge the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacreThe Amazon original movie penned by Ritesh Shah and Shubhendu Bhattacharya is produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar PTI JUR RDS RDS
