Looking ahead: early birds bag 2021 box office dates!
Hindustan TimesBollywood may be famous for its song-and-dance routine but clearly, 2020 hasn’t given it any reason to be joyful, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Aamir Khan-starrer Laal Singh Chaddha — an adaptation of Tom Hanks’ cult classic, Forrest Gump — has been announced as the big Christmas 2021 release. Also, hopefully, from January 2021 onwards, there will be a lot more clarity about how the cinema business goes ahead.” Maidaan producer, Boney Kapoor, is clear about why he will stick to a theatrical release. Industry insiders feel what’s going to be “most important” for the film business/exhibition sector is to have a constant flow of fresh Bollywood content once theatres reopen. Besides the new films with release dates, a number of new films — minus release dates — such as Ayushmann Khurrana’s yet-untitled next, Prabhas-Deepika Padukone starrer new film, Devgn’s next on Galwan Valley clash, Phone Bhoot and several others have also been announced.