National Award-winning fimmaker Vinod Kapri’s Pyre released in theatres last week to rave reviews. On Saturday, the filmmaker took to X to share that majority of the shows of the film has been removed for a bigger film to release and theatre owners were told that only one film will play now. The film tells the story of an elderly couple who continue to wait for their children, even as life in their Himalayan village grows quieter with each passing day.
“This is not fair, not to Pyre. Not to your audience,” read the caption of the post. the big release over the last two days is Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash in lead roles Although Vinod did not name the big film in question.
The film released in theatres on November 5 and has already crossed ₹ 155 crore so far.
He said that Pyre had a limited release from the beginning, in around 80 screens. But, since the last two days, 75% of the shows have been cut of Pyre and now the number is less than 100. Because of the need of the hour, in a video post, the filmmaker said that he did not want to make this video statement. Because of the love that the film got, the number extended to 400, but.
“We are in touch with theatre owners and distributors. I do not understand why you have to run your film by stopping other films? Is this a win of good over evil? Is there any honor in doing this? The honor with which we tell a story. This is a small film, with non actors, and people are crying after seeing it. What honor, truth and goodness do you boast when this is the way theatres are ordered? I urge theatre owners and distributors to not do this with Pyre. If you have spent a lot of money, then we have spent our soul in making a film. The film also stars Ravi Dubey, Anupam Kher, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Kunal Kapoor, Adinath Kothare, Arun Govil, Indira Krishnan and Lara Dutta.
They have been told that no other film will be running in theatres except one film. We deserve a fair chance,” he said.
