Sardar Udham director Shoojit Sircar says he is not ‘guilty’ as the Vicky Kaushal starrer will release on OTT amidst theatres reopening

The Entertainment industry breathed a sigh of relief in Maharashtra as the government announced that the theatres will be reopening in the state on 22 October. Amidst this, the Vicky Kaushal starrer Sardar Udham is all set to have an OTT release on Amazon Prime Video. Vicky will be seen playing the character of Sardar Udham Singh who had assassinated Michael O’Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of Punjab, on 13 March 1940 post the gruesome Jallianwala Bagh incident. During the recent trailer launch in Mumbai, director Shoojit Sircar was asked why did he opt for an OTT release of Sardar Udham amidst the reopening of theatres in a few weeks. The director revealed that he is not guilty as the movie requires a global space for it to reach.

Sircar said, “Like we say there is a destiny for every film, so I think Sardar Udham’s destiny landed on Amazon Prime. When I shot the film, there was nothing of this situation, I hope whatever you have seen of the trailer I have shot the film for cinema. Unfortunately yes, the situation went like that. There is no guilt that it is now it’s releasing on Amazon Prime. Once I had decided and Ronnie had decided that this will go on the digital platform, I didn’t feel that there is a mistake that I am doing. I was quite happy, number one, I will tell you the reason that when Gulabo Sitabo happened there was a lot of talk that why I realise that film and I have given my clarification that the situation was that and we could not hold on to this film. Number two, is that I am really impatient when a film is done. I just want to quickly reach out to people. Since 1990 that the film was done in the old world and we were doing the post-production, I actually wanted to get this film out.”

 

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“Another thing, the reach that Gulabo had in terms of people I thought also this film which needs a huge global platform apart from our Indian territories so I thought that’s also a good reason for me to go head and yes the cinematic experience that you are talking about, we are going to miss it. But, this is not a compromise in the cinematic narrative that I have used. It is as cinematic as you will see in a theatre and it as cinematic as you will see on a small screen.”

Sardar Udham will be streaming on Amazon Prime from October 16.

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