Directly digital streams on with Akshay, Devgn, Alia starrers on Disney+ Hotstar

Disney+ Hotstar, the video streaming service owned by Walt Disney, has announced the seven Bollywood titles directly on the streaming platform featuring top stars like Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt.

Estimated to be a whopping Rs400 crore, the big bulk acquisition busts the myth that only mid-sized films are skipping a theatrical release during covid-induced lockdown. At least three of the titles that the Hollywood giant’s streaming service has notched up are big-ticket films–Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb, Ajay Devgn’s Bhuj: The Pride of India and Alia Bhatt-starrer Sadak 2 with budgets of at least the first two over Rs100 crore, according to trade experts.