Oppenheimer, a biographical-historical thriller, has become one of the most loved and widely-watched films globally in 2023. In India, Oppenheimer achieved a remarkable net collection of 117 crore, a feat that is challenging even for Indian cinema.
Oppenheimer with a whooping earning in the very first week of its release in India is now available on the OTT platform. The film was also controversial for its Bhagavad Gita scene in the movie, some Indian fans raised objections and demanded to remove it.
Oppenheimer OTT Release Date & Platform
Oppenheimer was earlier released on 21 July in the theatres and is directed by Christopher Nolan a British-American filmmaker and the main lead actor is Cillian Murphy. The audience showered a lot of love to this piece of art which resulted in making it a big success worldwide.
When discussing the worldwide gross collection of Oppenheimer, the film collected $788 million globally, equivalent to approximately 6050 crore Indian Rupees. Now OTT users can catch this blockbuster on the online platform JioCinema from 21 March 2024 in all languages. Before this, Oppenheimer was available for only rental users (English & Hindi) on Amazon Prime Video.
Oppenheimer Plot
Based on the life of a genius scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer the film captivates one by sharing his childhood ordeals. The movie wonderfully portrays how a sharp-minded, highly intelligent boy studying at Cambridge pursues his Ph.D. in Germany and later becomes famous as the father of the Atomic Bomb.
The plot of the movie is set in World War II, where J. Robert Oppenheimer was appointed to work on the Manhattan Project along with a team of scientists. This top-secret mission by General Leslie gave Oppenheimer the chance to develop the atomic bomb which devastated the cities of Hiroshima Nagasaki and Japan in 1945. The movie later throws light on how the highly praised father of the atomic bomb Oppenheimer is overwhelmed by guilt and grief over the results of his creation.
Oppenheimer Star Cast
Emilie Blunt can be seen portraying Oppenheimer’s wife Katherine Puening. The rest of the casts include Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss, Scott Grimes as Counsel, Tony Goldwyn as Gordon Gray, John Gowans as Ward Evans, Jason Clarke as Roger Robb, Kurt Koehler as Thomas Morg, Macon Blair as Lloyd Garrison, James D’Arcy as Patrick Blackett, Petrie Willink as Dutch Student, Matthias Schweighöfer as Werner H, Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr, Harry Groener as Senator McGee, Gregory Jbara as Chairman Magnuson, Ted King as Senator Bartlett, Tim DeKay as Senator Pastore, Tom Conti as Albert Einstein, David Krumholtz as Isidor Rabi and Steven Houska as Senator Scott.
The awesomely realistic depiction in the movie of the testing of the first Nuclear Bomb under the Manhattan Project and how Hiroshima and Nagasaki address their destructive fates is worth watching. The storyline and the characters’ depiction are based on the book ‘American Prometheus- The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer’ by Martin J and Kaibird which was rewarded with a Pulitzer Prize in the year 2006. It is also one of the longest movies with a time of three hours.
Oppenheimer OTT FAQs
A. Oppenheimer is a blockbuster movie of the year 2023.
A. After huge Box Office success, Oppenheimer is currently available on Prime Video for rent.
A. JioCinema in India, bagged the digital rights of Oppenheimer, streaming from March 21, 2024
A. Cillian Murphy is the lead actor, who played Oppenheimer.