Ganesh Chaturthi weekend: Bollywood has nothing to celebrate

In 2021, amid concerns of a renewed surge of the Coronavirus disease, the box office doesn’t have anything to cheer about although movie theatres have reopened in parts of the country, clearing the way for the release of new Bollywood movies.

An extended weekend for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival would in normal times have meant big movie releases and audiences flocking to multiplexes and single-screen cinemas.

This year, amid concerns of a renewed surge of the Coronavirus disease, the box office doesn’t have anything to cheer about although movie theatres have reopened in parts of the country, clearing the way for the release of new Bollywood movies.

The only Hindi movie released on Ganesh Chaturthi holiday is the Hindi version of the Tamil film Thalaivii, billed as a biopic of the late Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalithaa.

The movie and Kangana Ranaut, who stars as the protagonist, won critical acclaim, but the film will be playing in few theatres because it is due to be screened on the streaming platform Netflix within just two weeks of its theatrical release.

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