Amitabh Bachchan has come out on social media to urge the production houses not kill creativity and let his film Shoebite release. The film has been directed by Shoojit Sircar, and it is his second film after Yahaan but hasn’t been released yet. Shoebite is Sircar and Amitabh Bachchan’s first collaboration.
According to a report in The Indian Express, the director said producer Ronnie Screwvala should step in now. “It’s now Disney UTV and Fox. Earlier they were separate entities but they are under one umbrella.. they should absolutely do it (release the film). Mr. Bachchan and I have been pleading. I think Ronnie Screwwala should come forward and resolve it for us as he was the producer and the presenter of the film,” the report quoted him as saying.
Shoojit Sircar said he would sell his house, if he had to, to release the film, only “for Amitabh Bachchan”. “Also I am also ready to sell my home and pay them to release the film.. purely for Mr. Bachchan, my crew, and technicians.”
On 25 March, Big B took to Twitter and posted an appeal to allow the film to release. He wrote, “T 2753 – PLEASE .. PLEASE … PLEASE .. Utv & Disney, or whoever else has it .. Warners, whoever .. JUST RELEASE THIS FILM .. !! a lot of hard labour been put in ..???? don’t KILL creativity !!”
T 2753 – PLEASE .. PLEASE … PLEASE .. Utv & Disney , or whoever else has it .. Warners , whoever .. JUST RELEASE THIS FILM .. !! lot of hard labour been put in ..🙏🙏 don’t KILL creativity !! pic.twitter.com/wSlpABMkx6
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 24, 2018
Shoebite is a story of self-discovery, Amitabh playing an old man who sets out on a journey to find himself.