Varun Tej’s latest offering Mister that opened yesterday has received mixed to poor reviews. With Sreenu Vaitla unable to overcome his cliched story-telling and beaten-to-death format, the film’s second-half turned out to be a major dampener.
In a last-ditch effort to save the film, the makers have scissored the film. Sreenu Vaitla budged to the pressure and he has trimmed down 12 minutes. While the original film is 2.41 hours (including 9 minutes about cautioning of smoking and titles, thanks cards), the exact duration of the film is at 2.32 hours. After trimming 12 minutes, the final duration of the film is 2 hours and 20 minutes. A song and the procession scenes have been edited out.
Makers are pulling out all stops to release the trimmed version at the earliest. While the trimmed version is expected to be screened by tonight in a few multiplexes in Hyderabad, the edited portion will be updated in all theatres from Sunday.
Since there are no other major releases till Baahubali, makers of Mister are hoping for a miracle. Let’s wait and see, what’s in store for the film.