The upcoming biopic of Mahendra Singh Dhoni titled, ‘M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story’ is creating waves across the country. The trailer of the movie was a huge hit and the fans are now desperate to see the movie when it hits the theaters on September 30.
The most decorated skipper of the country, MS Dhoni took India to unprecedented heights in cricket. His huge success on the field made him probably the most popular and loved cricketer in the country in the last decade. And the producers of the movie are trying to cash in on his huge popularity by releasing the movie in 4,500 screens across 60 countries.
Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox Star Studios, who are also producers of the biopic, said in a statement: “‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’ is going to be the widest release for any Indian film in India and internationally. It will also be the widest release for a Hindi film (dubbed) in Tamil and Telugu.”
However, “given the unprecedented demand for the movie worldwide, and the deadlines to deliver the film in all the languages, the Punjabi and Marathi language release will not happen”, he shared.
“The movie will be the biggest ever release in terms of screen count in India and simultaneously in 60 international countries too, making it the widest (Indian) release worldwide,” he added.
Arun Pandey, who has produced the movie, said: “We are pleased to inform that the film will be the widest ever release for a film in India and worldwide with it releasing in 60 countries. We wanted to release our film in Marathi and Punjabi too. However, given the deadline to make the widest ever release happen in the history of Indian cinema, we are not being able to get the Marathi and the Punjabi versions ready in time.”
“This is the first time a movie is releasing so wide, so we were not able to calculate the physical time it takes to make all the dubs happen,” he explained.
One of the most-anticipated movies of the year is going to justify the hype as it is all set to leave behind several mega-hits movies of Bollywood including this year’s Sultan and Kabali in terms of screen count.
Here is the list which shows the screen count of some of the biggest Bollywood movies:
