Filmmaker Vinod Kapri is dismayed at how his labour of love, Pyre, has been sidelined after Ramayana: Rise of a Legend hit the screens on November 5. In an Instagram post on November 7, the director alleged that Pyre, in its second week, lost nearly 75 per cent of its shows, apparently going from 400 screenings to less than 100 across the country, as the Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, and Yash-starrer dominated screens.
 
“We are not getting screens,” Kapri said to mid-day, before pointing out instances. “We don’t have a single show in Nainital or Bareilly. The city of Haldwani has just one show, and that is running house-full. In Delhi, we had 70 shows [last week], which have now come down to 16. All the shows are house-full, but we are not getting screens,” he said.

A still from ‘Ramayana’