The Kannada original film Martin is now streaming in India. The film dropped on Amazon Prime Video in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam, with an IMDB rating of 2.7. It also became available on Aha Telugu for the Telugu version as of November 19. Dhruva Sarja’s actioner has been on Prime Video since November 15, but for overseas audiences only, and ever since, there’s been a steady stream of social media posts panning the film.
What audiences are saying about Martin after its OTT release?
Audiences cannot fathom how Arjun Sara (story), AP Arjun (screenplay, direction), and Dhruva Sarja (actor), could bring out a product like Martin, which has been described as the “worst movie”, “torture”, “torment”, “horrible”, among others. Each department contributed their worst work to Martin, reckon netizens. One even wrote, “To all those people who survived by watching them in the theatres, a huge round of applause n standing ovation.”
Video clips of some of the film’s most cringe-worthy scenes are going viral on social media, to which Kannada audiences have responded that Martin brings nothing but shame to the industry. During the film’s theatrical release, the team had actively taken down social media posts and YouTube reviews that panned every aspect of Martin. The team took umbrage to several video reviews and put copyright strikes on each of them to silence them.
This further incensed the content creators, who continued to post about the film, albeit by calling it Mortein, to prevent further copyright strikes or other legal harassment.
Dhruva Sarja’s projects
Martin is said to have been made at a budget of around Rs 100 cr to Rs 120 cr and ended its theatrical run with less than half of that in gross collections. The producer, Uday K Mehta is, according to a source, set to make another film with Dhruva shortly. The actor is currently busy working on his 6th film, KD, directed by Prem and produced by KVN Productions.
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