{"id":92400,"date":"2025-04-02T03:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/salman-khan-reveals-why-he-stayed-away-from-ott-after-radhe\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T03:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:20:08","slug":"salman-khan-reveals-why-he-stayed-away-from-ott-after-radhe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/salman-khan-reveals-why-he-stayed-away-from-ott-after-radhe\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Khan reveals why he stayed away from OTT after \u201cRadhe\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Salman Khan has resisted OTT films since his 2021 film \u201cRadhe\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He believes theaters are designed to provide a unique experience for audiences.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Khan believes that theatrical releases benefit everyone financially, from ushers to farmers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As he promotes his highly anticipated film \u201cSikandar\u201d, set for an Eid release, Salman Khan revealed why he hasn\u2019t done any OTT films since \u201cRadhe\u201d. In a recent conversation, he also shared his thoughts on Neeraj Pandey\u2019s \u201cKhakee: The Bengal Chapter\u201d, starring Jeet and Prosenjit Chatterjee.<\/p>\n<p>Popular paparazzo Varinder Chawla\u2019s official Instagram handle reported that Salman Khan shared his views on movies releasing on OTT and in theaters. He emphasized that filmmakers create big-screen experiences for a reason and highlighted how theatrical releases benefit everyone financially.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking of OTT, my film Radhe was an OTT release, but after that, I didn\u2019t do anything because I feel theaters are made to experience films a certain way. Theaters are made so that audiences go and watch films,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSikandar\u201d star explained that theatrical releases benefit everyone, from ushers and canteen workers to farmers growing potatoes for food vendors. He emphasized that cinema offers a unique experience. Recently, he watched clips of \u201cKhakee: The Bengal Chapter\u201d on OTT and had also seen the earlier installment.<\/p>\n<p>The actor noted that films like \u201cChhaava\u201d, \u201cJawaan\u201d, \u201cPushpa\u201d, and \u201cAnimal\u201d performed well at the box office. He emphasized that word of mouth plays a crucial role and dismissed the notion that audiences are avoiding theaters.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged the high ticket prices and noted that films begin streaming on OTT months after their theatrical release. However, he firmly believes that good films still attract audiences to theaters.<\/p>\n<p>Salman Khan\u2019s 2021 film \u201cRadhe\u201d featured Disha Patani, Randeep Hooda, Jackie Shroff, and others. Zee 5 released the action thriller, while \u201cKhakee: The Bengal Chapter\u201d is currently streaming on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSikandar\u201d, the highly anticipated film starring Salman Khan and Rashmika Mandanna, also features Prateik Babbar, Sharman Joshi, Kajal Aggarwal, and Anjini Dhawan in key roles. Sajid Nadiadwala has produced the film, which will hit the big screens on Eid, March 30, 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Salman Khan expresses desire to collaborate with Pakistani artists<\/h5>\n<p>Salman Khan, a major Asian star, has been a major figure in&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/entertainment\/2025\/03\/salman-khan-expresses-desire-to-collaborate-with-pakistani-artists\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salman Khan has resisted OTT films since his 2021 film \u201cRadhe\u201d. He believes theaters are designed to provide a unique experience for audiences. Khan believes that theatrical releases benefit everyone financially, from ushers to farmers. As he promotes his highly anticipated film \u201cSikandar\u201d, set for an Eid release, Salman Khan revealed why he hasn\u2019t done [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FotoJet-2025-03-28T204717.008.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}