The early OTT release of 2018 has angered the theatre owners in Kerala. They have requested a strike on June 7 and 8 to protest the early OTT release.
Read below to know what angered the theatre owners…
An OTT release was made available for Tovino Thomas’ wildly successful Malayalam movie 2018, which has been performing incredibly well at the box office. Tonight, the movie will be available digitally on Sony LIV. The Kerala theater owners have nevertheless stirred up controversy over this issue by calling for a protest against an early OTT release.
The early OTT distribution of the 2018 Tovino Thomas movie has reportedly angered Kerala theater owners. The early OTT release of 2018 has prompted the theater proprietors in Kerala to call for a strike on June 7 and 8. Less than five weeks after its theatrical premiere, the popular Malayalam movie will be available on OTT.
2018 will be published on OTT on June 7 according to an announcement made on May 28 by the digital portal Sony LIV. The digital release of Malayalam cinema’s biggest blockbuster, 2018, has been verified on social media after one month of its theatrical release. According to reports, the movie will also be streamable in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi. The theatre owners are displeased with this decision, though, and have called for a protest. The OTT release is alleged to have destroyed the film’s chances of grossing Rs 200 crore at the box office.
About 2018
The film 2018, which is based on the Kerala floods that occurred five years ago, has surpassed Mohanlal’s 2016 action thriller Pulimurugan to become the highest-grossing Malayalam movie of all time. The film, which was directed by Jude Anthany Joseph, is still playing in theaters and has raked in a whopping Rs 170 crore so far.
Jude Anthany Joseph, a brilliant director, is in charge of 2018. The story of the movie centers on Kerala state’s struggle to survive the extraordinarily destructive floods that struck the region in 2018. Key parts are played by Kunchacko Boban, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Asif Ali, Aparna Balamurali, a recipient of a National Award, Aju Varghese, and others.
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