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 By Rinku Gupta There is a frenzy of eccitement over the grand announcement of Adipurush, to be directed by Tanhaji fame, director Om Raut from Bollywood. Naturally, there is also a curiosity about the young 38 year old director,  who will be helming such a huge project in Hindi and Telugu, to be dubbed in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and even fireign languages. We bring you a few details  about the man himself.  Om Raut was born in Mumbai and raised in Mumbai and New York.. His mother, Neena Raut is a National film Award winner and TV producer, and his father, Bharatkumar Raut, is a senior journalist, well-known author, and a successful member of The Indian parliament (Rajya Sabha). His grandfather J.S. Bandekar (1925-2017) was a renowned documentary filmmaker and editor, who has won several National Awards as well as acclaims and mentions at the Cannes Film Festival. Om has worked as a child actor in a number of theatre plays and ad films. He...

By Rinku Gupta The covid pandemic lockdown situation led to theatrical releases becoming impossible.  Films which were ready for release being directly hit at the time,  some chose to take the OTT route. In Kollywood Suriya announced his Ponmagal Vandhal would release on Amazon Prime on May 29 while Karthik Subbaraj's production Penguin, with Keerthy Suresh, will release on June 19. In Bollywood too, Amitabh Bachchan's Gulabo Sitabo will release on June 20 apart from several films in Kannada and Malayalam.        Kollywood producer SR Prabhu  Seven films to release on Amazon Prime in various languages.                Jyotika in Ponmagal Vandhal All this has led to a war between producers and theatre owners, with chains like Inox and PVR not taking kindly to such a shift to the OTT platform by producers. With OTT subscriptions on the rise and the platform now moving from the haunt of millenia...