Ajith Kumar's Valimai pushed, Gehraiyaan, Radhe Shyam also defer release dates; See when you can watch these films now

India is on the threshold of a third wave of Covid-19 and the state governments are bringing back several restrictions as a precautionary measure. The entertainment industry has once again been hit due to the shutting down of cinemas in many districts and Prabhas’ Radhe Shyam and Deepika Padukone’s Gehraiyaan are the latest films to favour postponement.

Gehraiyaan to now release in February

Deepika Padukone who celebrates her birthday today shared new character posters for Gehraiyaan on social media and along with it came a new release date. While the film was a direct OTT release anyway, it has still been put off by over three weeks.

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Helmed by filmmaker Shakun Batra the movie stars Sidhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Dhairya Karwa. The movie was all set to release on 25 January on Amazon Prime Video and was supposed to have a grand trailer launch in Mumbai this week.

Looks like all of those plans have been put off now due to the Omicron scare. The new release date for Gehriyaan is 11 February 2022.

Radhe Shyam, Valimai out of the Shankranti race

Ajith Kumar’s action thriller Valimai and Prabhas starrer Radhe Shyam were two of the biggest films lined up for a release on Shankranti. Valimai was scheduled for January 13 while Prabhas starrer love saga was to arrive in cinemas on January 14.

With theatres on the verge of shutting down in Tamil Nadu, Ajith’s Valimai has been pushed. Whiel Radhe Shyam which has once dispelled rumours of postponement is finally eyeing a March release date for arrival now. The makers of both films are yet to put out an official statement to this effect.

According to certain reports, Radhe Shyam might now be eyeing the March 18 weekend for pan-India release, while a new date is yet to be set for Valimai.

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