Rohit Shetty reveals putting Sooryavanshi on hold was 'difficult': "We were all like till when will we wait"

Rohit Shetty and the team of Sooryavanshi is sitting patiently and waiting out the pandemic. The world, however, can’t wait to watch the Akshay Kumar action extravaganza that carries forward the filmmaker’s cop universe. Rohit has utilized the lockdown period making Cirkus with Ranveer Singh and shooting for the Kathorn Ke Khiladi 11 and says that there’s a lot of money invested on Sooryavanshi to keep the film on hold for this long.

Talking to Pinkvilla, Rohit spoke about Sooryavanshi’s delay of over a year and said, “There is a lot of money involved to hold the film for so long. When the pandemic started, we thought it would be over in six to seven months, but now, no one knows what’s going to happen.”

Sooryavanshi was supposed to hit theatres in March 2020 and even had a grand trailer launch before the theatres were shut down due to the pandemic. The makers are determined to give the movie a theatrical release. “It’s difficult to hold because at the end of day, even I am a producer, who is running a company. At one point of time, we were all like till when will we wait. But my team was ready to hold onto it,” Rohit further told the portal.

Rohit Shetty also emphasized that getting out of lockdown should be a priority and then one can look forward to Sooryavanshi.

The filmmaker also spoke about rumours of him doing a web series with Amazon Prime Video and said, “My thing is not finalized yet. The talks are on.”