Why 'Lal Singh Chaddha' was secretly released on OTT at midnight

The OTT premiere of "Lal Singh Chaddha," starring Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor, has occurred.

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when a film is released on OTT, the entire cast and crew will often do promotional interviews to drum up interest.

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someone will grant an interview to the press, or somebody will share a blog post on their social media account.

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"Lal Singh Chaddha" was quietly unveiled on Netflix at 3 a.m.

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The announcement of the film's OTT debut came as a complete shock to the public.

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Everybody was wondering what had happened that Aamir Khan had to sneakily get the movie streamed on OTT in the middle of the night.

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opposition to the film grew after it was shown in theatres and starred Aamir and Kareena.

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