The makers of cricket drama ’83’, whose screening schedule got derailed by the Covid-19 surge, are committed not to take the OTT route before the completion of eight weeks of its theatrical release.
The Ranveer Singh-led Kabir Khan film, which follows India’s historic World Cup victory at Lord’s on June 25, 1983, was released worldwide on December 24.
It is now an international practice for a film that has been theatrically released and not presented on an OTT platform or pay-per-view channel until eight weeks have passed since its first screening.
Sources close to him said, the makers of ’83’ have decided not to deviate from this practice, despite the closure of cinema halls and multiplexes in five districts of Delhi and Haryana due to the third wave of COVID-19. Percentage occupancy limits in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
In an earlier interview with IANS, the film’s director, Kabir Khan had said: “I cannot control the fate of a film at the box-office. All I can do is put as much honest effort into my work as I can.” To do. .”
The resurgence of the pandemic may have stalled ’83’ commercially, though it is still running in theaters across the country, but Kabir Khan can take solace from the fact that film critics across the world are in praise of the film. are unanimous. As The Guardian, reflecting the critics’ consensus view, put it: “This is a beloved sports film, where it stands, Britain’s royal legacy is now being questioned more than ever in a larger arena. Huh.”
With a 100 percent rating on film review aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes, the makers of ’83’ can happily look forward to the second innings eight weeks after the film’s theatrical release on OTT and pay-per-view platforms.
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