In a country where going to the cinema is a national pastime, India's novel coronavirus-related lockdowns hit the various regional movie industries particularly hard, with a slew of summer movies missing out on a lucrative theatrical release.
One such film was the eagerly anticipatedGulabo Sitabo, the latest from Bollywood iconAmitabh Bachchan. Producers behind the comedy caused waves in the industry, and not all of it of the good kind, when they skipped a theatrical release for a streaming debut on Amazon.
Originally slated for release on April 12, the film, in which Bachchan co-stars with Ayushmann Khurrana, will stream globally on June 12.
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