Amazon has made its most aggressive move in Bollywood to date by picking up global rights toShoojit Sircar's dramedyGulabo Sitabo, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana.
The streamer said the film will have its premiere on June 12 and will be be available in 200 countries and territories worldwide.
A Rising Sun film,Gulabo Sitabo was originally slated to be released in theaters on April 17, but the Indian government's directive to close all cinemas as part of a nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus put the film's theatrical release in doubt.
Amazon has stepped in to release the highly anticipated movie over its streaming platform, which bolsters the video giant's existing library of films that span not.