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 by Rinku Gupta Actor R Madhavan was recently seen in Nishabdam opposite Anushka Shetty, on the OTT platform. Now his next, Maara, is set to go the OTT  way as well. From the moment it was announced and launched, this Madhavan-Shraddha Srinath starrer Maara had created a buzz of expectations from the powerhouse performers. The duo were seen together in Vikram Vedha earlier. The  first look  was unveiled recently and wowed fans.  What is more exciting for the team now  is that it has found a platform of big release on OTT through Amazon Prime Video.  In addition to the colourful first look, the announcement of  the release date of Dec 17th  has brought a buzz of  excitement as well. Filmmaker Dhilip Kumar, who earlier found fame through a Tamil movie ‘Kalki’ that, was streamed on Netflix, is directing this film apart from writing the script along with Bipin Ragu. Ghibran’s score has always been a boon for love stories, and ‘Maara’ team as...

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...