When the Covid-19 situation seemed to be improving, Salman promised his fans and movie theatre owners that he will have a theatrical release for his film 'Radhe'. However, the second wave of Covid-19 virus forced most of the theatres across the country out of business again and Salman has to go forward with the hybrid release of the film. Whilethe film released simultaneously on OTT as well as pay per view platforms, only three theatres in the country screened the film.

In a virtual press conference recently, Salman shared that after the crisis is over, he might opt for a countrywide theatrical release. He said, "Once the theatres open even after this OTT release, because there are still people who would want to watch it in theatres and some who don’t watch on OTT, we will do a release in India in theatres as well. Abroad, it is releasing. Not with the same number of prints that we usually released but it is being released abroad."

He also apologized to the theatre owners for failing his commitment and realising that there will zero business by the film on big screen.