Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi Sold To Netflix & Amazon for a Whopping Amount; Details below

The latest film to join the bandwagon of films moving straight for a digital release is Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi. The biographical film, based on the life of J. Jayalalithaa, late politician and film actress will now not see a theatrical release.

Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi Sold To Netflix & Amazon

A bunch of big banner films are moving straight for a digital release as due to the lockdown, theatres and cineplexes are shut down. Films are waiting for release after the lockdown is lifted and in such a scenario, it will be difficult for filmmakers to accommodate all films for a theatrical release. 

Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana's Gulabo Sitabo and Vidya Balan's Shakuntala Devi were among the first few films to announce their digital release. Soon, more movies have started to consider the OTT platforms to release their films.

Recently, Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani starrer Laxmmi Bomb confirmed it’s digital release and the comedy horror film has been sold for a record-breaking amount of Rs 125 crores to Hotstar.

The latest film to join the bandwagon is Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivi. The biographical film, based on the life of J. Jayalalithaa, late politician and film actress will now not see a theatrical release.

Reportedly, Thalaivi is all set to have a digital release and has been sold to Netflix and Amazon Prime for a whopping amount of Rs 55 Crore.

When asked if she was okay with her film Thalaivi releasing straight on OTT, Kangana told Pinkvilla: “It depends. For example, a film like Thalaivi just can't release on digital because it is such a massive scale film, neither a movie like Manikarnika is a digital space film, but yes films like Panga, Judgementall Hai Kya also cater to that audience. The way the film is made, it is very digital-friendly. They have recovered huge costs through digital itself. So, it depends.”

However, further she maintained: “For Thalaivi, it is a bilingual film. As a matter of fact, the film is sold to both Netflix and Amazon in both Hindi and Tamil for around Rs 55 crore."

Meanwhile, speaking of Thalaivi, the film is directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Shailesh R Singh under their respective banners Vibri Media and Karma Media And Entertainment. Based on the life of J. Jayalalithaa, this film is one of the highly anticipated releases of the year and it will be interesting to see Kangana Ranaut’s transformation for this biographical project.

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