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Since the final two days, there have been stories that the John Abraham-Manushi Chhillar starrer Tehran can have a direct release on OTT. The motion thriller is backed by Maddock Films, headed by the blockbuster producer Dinesh Vijan.
A source instructed Bollywood Hungama, “In all probability, the film is expected to premiere on Zee5. A clearer picture on this front will emerge in a week’s time or 10 days. Also, reports claim that it’ll have a release on OTT on August 15. The date is still not locked. Again, this decision will be taken soon after which the makers will make an official announcement.”
Explaining the rationale for releasing it immediately on a streaming giant, an industry insider revealed, “Tehran is a no-nonsense geopolitical thriller and made on the lines of an international film. It has a run time of less than two hours and moreover, it’s not just a Hindi language film. To maintain authenticity, certain dialogues are also in Farsi and English. Hence, the makers realized that it would suit the OTT medium more.”
Tehran makes the first-ever OTT release for John Abraham. Many actors had jumped on the OTT bandwagon but he had remained away from it until now. However, his manufacturing Sardar Ka Grandson (2021) was launched immediately on Netflix during the second wave of COVID-19. It featured Arjun Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh and Neena Gupta in main roles with John showing in a cameo. Tehran shall be his first OTT release as a full-fledged actor.
Tehran is directed by Arun Gopalan and produced by Dinesh Vijan of Maddock Films and Sandeep Leyzell and Shobhna Yadav of Bake My Cake Films. It is impressed by true occasions and also stars Madhurima Tuli. The geopolitical thriller was shot in 2022 across Glasgow, Mumbai and Delhi.
At one level, Tehran was scheduled to be launched in cinemas on January 25, 2023. The plan was dropped presumably as John’s big-budget extravaganza, Pathaan, co-starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, was also scheduled to arrive on the identical day. Last 12 months, there have been murmurs that Tehran would possibly release in the month of May but as per sources, the plan never materialized and was soon dropped.
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