Naman Ramachandran When “Bellbottom,” starring Akshay Kumar, releases on Aug. 19, it will be the first major Bollywood film to release in Indian cinemas after a quarter devastated by the deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Only 50% of screens in India have reopened and many of them are operating at reduced capacity.
The rest, including those in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra, home to Mumbai and the Bollywood and Marathi-language film industries, remain closed.The film is an 1980s-set thriller set against the backdrop of a spate of Indian Airlines hijackings by forces hostile to India.
Kumar plays an Indian secret agent code-named Bellbottom.The film is produced by veteran producer Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment.
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