kannada film industrys challenging star darshans most anticipated movie roberrt was supposed to release on april 9 but due to the coronavirus lockdown the movie did not hit the screens meanwhile theatres being shut several filmmakers have released their films on ott platforms in order to make at least a little money if not as much as they would have earned if their films had been released in theatres now reports are doing the rounds that ott platforms have approached roberrt producer umapathy srinivas as well for premiering the film online it is being said that producer umapathy srinivas has been approached by an ott platform with a huge offer but the producer has rejected the offer and wants to only release the movie in theatres after the lockdown is overumapathy srinivas spoke to etimes exclusively about this and said we dont have any plans of releasing my movie on ott platforms a big actor movie is a pride for the industry and many people survive on this it will affect everyone if we release on ott platform if we released the stars movie online his fans will be hurt and the star will lose his stardom it will also split the collections and affect many familiesroberrt is a visual treat and if we release it online or on tv it will lose its essence the audience would like to watch the movie on a big screen rather than a small screen i had gotten a big offer to release roberrt on ott platforms but i rejected it he addedaccording to sources many bigbudget movies in kannada have been approached by ott platforms but no producers have agreed to release their movies online