Most disasters these days are happening due to excessive runtime of movies. From “Kick2” to “Shivam”, the situation is pretty same. Though makers know that certain parts of their film’s content is highly boring, they have went ahead releasing the film with a lengthy run time. After the release, as the makers tried to catch leaves after fire, what happens other than hands getting burned?
Going by the present trend, we can’t say that a lengthy run-time is completely bad and completely good. Srimanthudu had 160 minutes runtime while Shivam has 168 minutes. While people accepted Mahesh’s movie, Ram’s movie went through a chopping of 20 minutes and still can’t survive at box office.
Coming to October 9th release Rudhramadevi, the movie’s runtime is 158 minutes (2 hours 38 minutes) and it will have a slick narration of history, says Gunasekhar. Will this lengthy runtime becomes a boon or bane is something we can’t predict, but the chances are 50:50.
Being a historical story, people will love to watch for 3 hours if the scenes are engaging and narrative holds the momentum. So, it depends on what Gunasekhar has done. October 9th, come!!