Rohit Shetty On Sooryavanshi Release: Question Is When Will Theatres Open Up?
Filmmaker Rohit Shetty on Thursday said the release of his much-awaited directorial Sooryavanshi, starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, depends on the reopening of theatres across the country.
Filmmaker
Rohit
Shetty
on
Thursday
said
the
release
of
his
much-awaited
directorial
Sooryavanshi,
starring
Akshay
Kumar
and
Katrina
Kaif,
depends
on
the
reopening
of
theatres
across
the
country.
The
release
of
the
cop-drama
has
been
pushed
thrice
due
to
cinema
halls
being
shut
across
the
country
owing
to
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
At
the
press
conference
of
his
upcoming
adventure
reality
show
Khatron
Ke
Khiladi,
when
Shetty
was
asked
about
the
release
of
Sooryavanshi,
he
countered:
"The
question
is
when
will
theatres
open
up?"
The
film
was
originally
scheduled
for
a
release
on
March
24
last
year,
the
makers
had
later
announced
in
June
2020
the
movie
will
hit
screens
during
Diwali
but
it
was
postponed
again
and
was
set
to
arrive
in
cinema
halls
on
April
30
this
year.
Shetty,
however,
said
the
focus
should
be
on
vaccinating
people
across
the
country,
which
will
further
lead
to
some
semblance
of
normalcy.
"The
most
important
thing
is
vaccination
and
when
that
will
happen
then
everything
will
open
up.
However,
we
should
not
think
that
everything
is
slowly
getting
okay...
"We
still
need
to
take
precautions
because
even
today
everything
is
still
not
okay.
In
other
countries
the
cases
are
rising.
This
time
we
all
need
to
take
utmost
care
and
not
go
on
holidays
thinking
everything
is
opening
up," the
48-year-old
director
told
reporters
here.
Sooryavanshi
is
the
fourth
film
in
Shetty's
cop
universe
after
Ajay
Devgn-starrer
Singham,
Singham
Returns
and
Simmba,
starring
Ranveer
Singh.
The
film
is
presented
by
Reliance
Entertainment
and
produced
by
Rohit
Shetty
Picturez
in
association
with
Dharma
Productions
and
Cape
of
Good
Films.
Shetty
said
while
it
is
important
to
resume
work,
it
should
be
done
with
necessary
protocol
in
place.
"It
is
very
important
(that
work
should
begin).
However,
it
is
important
we
take
care
of
our
loved
ones
and
colleagues
and
become
responsible,
it
is
just
a
matter
of
a
few
months
as
the
vaccination
drive
is
also
happening
in
full
swing
in
our
country.
"It
is
good
that
things
are
opening
up.
But
at
the
same
time
we
shouldn't
get
excited
because
then
everything
will
shut
down
again.
We
need
to
be
careful
about
all
this
especially
after
the
second
wave,"
he
added.
The
filmmaker
and
host
of
Khatron
Ke
Khiladi
said
the
makers
of
the
show
followed
all
COVID-19
guidelines
while
shooting
for
the
latest
season
in
Cape
Town,
South
Africa,
last
month.
"We
put
in
a
lot
of
hard
work
this
season
to
make
sure
it
turns
out
as
a
never-before
show
and
for
that
we
had
some
interesting
stunts
for
the
contestants,"
he
added.
The
11th
season
of
the
Colors
TV
show
features
singer
Rahul
Vaidya
and
actors
Shweta
Tiwari,
Arjun
Bijlani,
Abhinav
Shukla,
Divyanka
Tripathi,
Aastha
Gill,
Sourabh
Raaj
Jain,
Mahek
Chahal,
Anushka
Sen,
Sana
Makbul,
Nikki
Tamboli,
Vishal
Aditya
Singh
and
Varun
Sood
as
contestants.
The
show
will
air
from
July
17.