Carnival Cinemas Takes An Indirect Dig At Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb & Other Disney+ Hotstar Releases: “Very Disappointing”

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Monday saw the grand announcement by Disney+ Hotstar that the streaming platform will be premiering seven major Bollywood films over the next few months. Within hours, the Carnival Cinemas group has come out to express “disappointment” with the trend of digital release of Bollywood films. These included Akshay Kumar’s Laxmmi Bomb, Sadak 2, Bhuj, and 4 others.

Without taking names, Carnival Cinemas CEO Mohan Umrotkar said in a statement: “We stand by our previous statement. It is very disappointing that the filmmakers are opting digital first route when we are just steps away from the theatrical releases with the reopening of cinema halls across the country with all the necessary precautions.”

“The economy is reopening and malls have already opened. They just need to have some more faith and patience to hold the content for the big screens, that is what it was made for.”

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