Shaakuntalam And Virupaksha OTT Streaming Dates

OTT has occupied a prominent place among the movie lovers which brings them closer to cinema than before. Many are awaiting for films to appear in OTT to watch at their convenience. Some are even avoiding big films with mixed reviews and waiting to watch them when they are available for streaming. Two such big films from Tollywood, one is a disaster and another is a blockbuster have confirmed their OTT release dates. Yes, we are talking about Shaakuntalam and Virupaksha.

Shaakuntalam which was made with a huge budget starring Samantha as a pan India Film has become one of the biggest cost failures in recent times. It is said to be the film has incurred loses of more than Rs 30 Crores for producers Dil Raju and Gunasekhar, who is also the director of the film. The plot didn't connected well to today's audience and it's subpar VFX that too converted in 3D has damaged the film further. Now the film is getting ready to release in OTT on May 12. Amazon Prime Video has fetched the streaming rights. 

Another film which is about to hit the OTT marquee is Virupaksha, one of the biggest blockbusters this year at the boxoffice.The Sai Dharam Tej satrrer which was release on April 21st is still leads the summer Releases in theatres. It has already crossed Rs 80 crores collections at th boxoffice and is running towards 100 crore club. The streaming right of Virupaksha has been acquired by streaming giant Netflix for huge amount. The film is expected to stream from May 20-21.

Virupaksha after its humongous success and got break even in its first three days, released in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam on May 5th. It got overshadowed in Hindi by The Kerala Story wave but earned good word of mouth in Tamil and Malayalam. Makers are also planning to release the film in Kannada on May 12. Directed by Karthik Dandu and screenplay is provided by Sukumar.