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.