MUMBAI: Gangubai Kathiawadi, starring Alia Bhatt in the titular character, plus Ajay Devgn in an extended cameo, and helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali opened to a very good and totally unexpected ₹10.50 crore net, followed by an even better ₹13.32 crore net on day two, showing the world and its own producers that the film is set for a pretty healthy run at the box office. And now, according to close sources, the OTT release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial may get postponed after seeing its box office performance.
It seems that the promising box office collection has prompted Jayantilal Gada of Pen India Limited, the distributor of Gangubai Kathiawadi, along with SLB to rework the OTT release date with the film's streaming platform.
It was supposed to drop online about four weeks after its theatrical release, but now that the movie is doing so well at cinema halls, the makers don't want to jeopardise its prospects in any way, and thus, they feel that if word of its OTT release happening merely four weeks after arriving on the big screen gets out, it might dissuade more audience from venturing into theatres to watch the movie.
The biopic also stars Shantanu Maheshwari, Vijay Raaz, Indira Tiwari, Seema Pahwa and Jim Sarbh in pivotal supporting roles, besides Alia Bhatt in the starring role and Ajay Devgn in an extended cameo.
Credit: BollywoodLife
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