Actor Sohum Shah is “elated” that the 2018 folk horror drama Tumbbad is re-releasing in theatres on September 13. “I am really excited. Originally, yeh film kamaal nahin kar paayi thi theatres mein. Bahut logon ki shikayat thi ki humari film re-release kab hogi. Whenever I would put any post on social media, people would ask for a Tumbbad re-release in the comments section. I am glad it is finally happening. I might even surprise my fans by dropping by at the theatres unannounced,” he says.

Shah believes that Tumbbad “will finally get the audience it deserves”. The 42-year-old adds, “People realized the value of the film after it was released on OTT. Iss film ke saath na-insaafi hui thi. Yeh film aisi hai jise log theatres mein hi experience karna chaahte hain. This is not an OTT-type of film, given the kind of sound and VFX it has.”

The re-release trend brought several films back to the theatres, including Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001), Rockstar (2011) and Laila Majnu (2018).

Pointing out the value of a film releasing in theatres, Shah says, “The trend of re-releasing films has given a second chance to many films. Laila Majnu ko hi dekh lo... even Rockstar had a nostalgia value. I hope that my film also earns much more at the box office than it did with the original release.”