Sooryavanshi, 83 makers says will consider digital release if Covid worsens

Reliance Entertainment Group CEO Shibashish Sarkar on Saturday said that they are "inclined" to release their much-awaited films -- Akshay Kumar-starrer "Sooryavanshi" and Ranveer Singh's "83" -- in cinemas, but if there is delay in the opening of theatres, they will explore the avenues for digital release. Cinema halls across the country have been closed since the nationwide-lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March to curb the spread of coronavirus. Sooryavanshi, directed by Rohit Shetty, and Kabir Khan's 83 were the first two big films to get a theatrical release dates after the first Unlock was implemented in June. Reliance Entertainment had announced that Akshay's cop drama will hit the theatres on Diwali, while "83" will release on Christmas this year "Just to reiterate we are 100% inclined to release 'Sooryavanshi' & '83' in theatres. However we do not want to push the release dates any further. "If uncertainty continues on the opening of cinemas or ..

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