The Big Bull releases on April 8.Abhishek Bachchan starrer The Big Bull releases on Disney+ Hotstar VIP on Thursday. The Kookie Gulati directorial is based on the Harshad Mehta securities scam of 1992, which was the biggest financial fraud to take place in the country until then.
The Big Bull also stars Nikita Dutta, Ileana D’Cruz, Ram Kapoor, Sohum Shah, Mahesh Manjrekar and Saurabh Shukla among others. The film was intended for a theatrical release but was shifted to the OTT platform due to the ongoing pandemic. Talking about releasing the film on a streaming service, Bachchan told indianexpress.com, “From digital to television to screen, there is going to have to be a variety on how you tell your stories. And there lays the biggest hurdle for Kookie (director Kookie Gulati) as he made this movie for the 70 mm screen and now because of the situation we were in and due to the pandemic, he had to now adapt his storytelling style to make it conducive to a digital streaming platform.”
Abhishek spoke about playing a morally dubious man in the film and said, “When I was discussing the film with Kookie, I had said that if you’re going to whitewash somebody then I am not up for it, because that makes a character very unidimensional, and that’s not what I am interested in doing. Today’s audience’s taste has also changed and evolved, from my understanding, they want to see the protagonist be more human, they want to see his flaws, they want to see grey characters.”
The film will start streaming on Disney+ Hotstar at 7:30 pm on Thursday. Abhishek will be hosting the watch party of the premiere on the Twitter handle of the streaming service where the audience can send in their questions as they watch the film.
The Big Bull actor Nikita Dutta shared a set of stills with Abhishek Bachchan and wrote, "First day, First shot memories #ThrowBackThursday 🥰.#IshqNamaaza 🎶 🎶.#TheBigBull #DisneyPlusHotstarMultiplex.
@bachchan @ileana_official @nikifying @shah_sohum @kookievgulati @ajaydevgn @ranju.v @anandpandit @kumarmangatpathak @meenaiyerofficial @vickssharma @dharmendraedt @adffilms @anandpanditmotionpictures."
Karan Johar tweeted, "#TheBigBull !!!! Can’t wait to see this tonight !! @juniorbachchan @DisneyPlusHS ! Break a leg AB."
Adar Poonawalla tweeted, "As COVID-19 cases surge once again, here is a great way to stay at home and watch my dear friend and in my opinion, one of India’s finest actors, @juniorbachchan in the story of #TheBigBull. Streaming today!"
The Big Bull actor Sohum Shah shared a still with the caption, "Rare glimpse of #TheBigBull in his natural habitat 😉 Are you excited to watch the film?."
"I really believe there is no comparison as they are really different projects. While technically, it shouldn’t be a pit but if it happens, I am game for it. That will also help me understand and experience a lot of things," shared Pratik Gandhi with indianexpress.com
Suhel Seth took to Twitter to post, "So looking forward to another stellar performance by @juniorbachchan in #TheBigBull streaming today...all the best Junior."
Check out the title track of The Big Bull here.
Music director Shekhar Ravjianii shared on Twitter, "#TheBigBull tonight! Chestbump Brotherman!!!! @juniorbachchan."
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Kunal Kapoor wished luck to the team on Twitter and wrote, "Waiting for the #BigBull to arrive on my screen this evening. Bhaiya @juniorbachchan aapka stock bahut Tezi mein hai. All the best to @kookievgulati and the entire team!"
Director Sujoy Ghosh shared on Twitter, "the big bull night tonight. everything good that i’d wish for my own film @juniorbachchan!!" Abhishek replied, "Thank you dada."
The Big Bull starts streaming on Disney+ Hotstar at 7:30 pm.
Abhishek Bachchan shared with indianexpress.com, "We are happy that we are able to bring our work out to the audience. That’s the most important thing for us right now. These are difficult times, we don’t want anybody to be uncomfortable whilst watching our film. So, I think we’ve lucked out that, in the safety of your home, with the company of your loved ones and family, you can watch Big Bull."