‘Sooryavanshi’: Akshay Kumar starrer release date postponed due to Coronavirus outburst

COVID-19 has become pandemic now. In many countries, public gatherings, meetings and events are being canceled due to Coronavirus spread. In recent times, there were reports that ‘Sooryavanshi’s release date might get shifted.

Well, Akshay Kumar took to his Twitter handle to share that the release date of his upcoming movie has now been postponed. The excerpt from his tweet read: “Due to the recent outburst of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we, the makers have decided to postpone the release date of your film Sooryavanshi, keeping in mind the health and safety of our beloved audience…And therefore, Sooryavanshi will be back for you just when the time is right…”

Read his full tweet here.

Because our safety always, always comes first. Stay safe and take care of yourself ?? pic.twitter.com/CnNfMT6Kck

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) March 12, 2020

Reliance Entertainment, Group CEO, Shibasish Sarkar told in an interview with SpotboyE that how the spread of Coronavirus has impacted on the movie business. He said, “Worldwide there has been a 15-20 percent impact. At the same time, it’s not more than that- it’s a surprising trend, it’s not a dramatic effect of 30-40 percent. If you’re expecting a 50 million dollar business, you are opening with 40 million dollar. If you take the total footfall of people coming in to watch the movie, there is not a big difference as such but we also can’t ignore the fact that there is a downfall.”

Directed by Rohit Shetty, ‘Sooryavanshi’ stars Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh and Katrina Kaif. It was supposed to hit the screens on March 24.

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