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BIG SCREEN BLUES

Everyone saw it coming. Rumours were abound that Bollywood producers were contemplating taking the direct-to-digital route for some of their films. Producer Bhushan Kumar had told INDIA TODAY (‘Cinema, Interrupted’, in issue dated May 11) that he was in talks with a few OTT platforms to premiere his medium-budget, concept-driven fare. Then came the big blow theatre owners had feared.

Director Shoojit Sircar and producers Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar took one of 2020’a most

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