Several Bollywood celebrities made their OTT debut amidst the Coronavirus lockdown in 2020.
Akshay Kumar’s Laxmi, Amitabh Bachchan-Ayushmann Khurrana Gulabo-Sitabo, and more were released on the OTT platform.
Even John Abraham’s Mumbai Saga was to be one of the OTT releases but John was not in favor of it.
As per reports in Mid Day, he shared films that chose the OTT platform were either mediocre or bad. John said, “Let’s be honest, it’s a common industry notion that if an actor is not confident of a film, he dumps it on OTT. Almost 90 percent of movies that opted for OTT release were bad. I am not saying this film is spectacular, but we are not worried about its failure. I won’t use the pandemic as a crutch.”
Also, the actor shared when he came to know that the makers are planning to release it on Amazon Prime, he had a word with the producer Bhushan Kumar he explained his opinion about why the film should release it in theatres over OTT.
John adds, “When I heard there were talks with Amazon Prime, I had a chat with Bhushan (Kumar, producer) and Gupta (Sanjay Gupta, director). It won’t make as much money as movies did in 2019. All theatres across the country haven’t opened, but with this film, a few more will. After we announced this film, five more movies were announced (for a theatrical run).”