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Vaani Kapoor calls dancing with Hrithik Roshan in War
‘stressful’
Vaani Kapoor, who shook a leg with Hrithik in Ghungroo, revealed that she
was extremely intimidated by his moves. In fact, she even tried to weasel out
of the song, but to no avail. Ghungroo went on to become one of the most
popular dance numbers of 2019.
Calling the experience of dancing with Hrithik ‘stressful’, Vaani said in an
interview, “That one step gave me a lot of stress and anxiety. I am a paranoid
person, so for me to deal with that stress is like…” In fact, she kept asking
choreographer Bosco Martis if there was any way that she could get out of
dancing with him, but in vain. Finally, she was given a ‘really easy step’ to do.
“You know, it’s really funny. People think I am a dancer and I have had some
training in dancing. I don’t!” she said, crediting her choreographers for her
moves.

GULABO SITABO, GUNJAN SAXENA

& More All Set for OTT Release

With the coronavirus pandemic taking a heavy toll on
the cinema business, many filmmakers have decided
to take their projects to video streaming platforms,
instead of waiting for a theatrical release.
While Shoojit Sircar’s Gulabo Sitabo starring
Ayushmann Khurrana and Amitabh Bachchan has
been acquired by Amazon Prime Video for streaming,
Akshay Kumar’s horror-comedy Laxxmi Bomb is all set
to stream on Disney+ Hotstar.
According to the report, other films which are also
most likely to premiere on OTT platforms are Vidya
Balan-starrer Shakuntala Devi, Karan Johar’s Gunjan
Saxena-The Kargil Girl featuring Jahnvi Kapoor,
Amitabh Bachchan’s, Jhund and Chehre, and Anurag
Basu-directed Ludo starring Abhishek Bachchan,
Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanya Malhotra, and Fatima Sana
Sheikh. T-Series too is reportedly in talks with Netflix
for a digital release of its films like Indoo Ki Jawani
starring Kiara Advani and Chhalaan.
The films which are eyeing a digital release, belong
to the upper-mid range of films, according to a
Bollywood producer. Tentpoles such as Sooryavanshi
and ’83 are anyway out of reach for OTTs and they will
push people to theatres whenever they reopen. Hence,
the streaming platforms are eyeing films, which would
anyway have been second to big films in a theatre.
BOLLYWOOD Bollywood has so far stuck to an eight-week window
between the theatrical and digital release, which
also helped OTT platforms pick up films after seeing
a theatrical validation. However, the same won’t be
applicable anymore. These platforms are ready to
BONANAZA acquire good content for audiences sitting at home.

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