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"Movies that released on OTT were bad": John takes a dig at Varun Dhawan and Akshay Kumar?

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 17, 2021 15:30 IST

After Roohi, John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi's highly-anticipated film Mumbai Saga is all set to hit the silver screen ...

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After Roohi, John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi's highly-anticipated film Mumbai Saga is all set to hit the silver screen on March 19, 2021. Speaking to Mid-Day, John said that when he heard about there being a conversation regarding releasing the film on Amazon Prime, he had a chat with Bhushan Kumar and director Sanjay Gupta. "(The film) won’t make as much money as movies did in 2019. All theatres across the country haven’t opened, but with this film, a few more will. After we announced this film, five more movies were announced (or theatrical run).""Let’s be honest, it’s a common industry notion that if an actor is not confident of a film, he dumps it on OTT. Almost 90 per cent of movies that opted for OTT release were bad. I am not saying this film is spectacular, but we are not worried about its failure. I won’t use the pandemic as a crutch,” he said.

Apart from Mumbai Saga, the Dhoom actor, also announced the release date of Satyameva Jayate 2 on social media today. The makers on Wednesday shared that the movie will now release on May 13, 2021. This set's up a direct clash with Salman Khan’s Radhe, that is also releasing on the same date. Earlier, Satyameva Jayate 2 was supposed to arrive on May 14, 2021.Satyameva Jayate 2 is a sequel to the 2018 film. Director Milap Zaveri has returned to helm the project. Co-produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar’s T-Series and Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikkhil Advani’s Emmay Entertainment, it also stars Gautami Kapoor, Shaad Randhawa, Sahil Vaid, Anup Soni and others, and marks the acting comeback of Divya Khosla Kumar.Satyamev Jayate 2 was one of the first films to go on floors after the Maharashtra government allowed conditional resumption of film and TV shoots in non-containment zones last year.

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