However good the films are made, making the audiences of this generation sit for three hours in theatres has become a monumental task for filmmakers. This has been proved by the failure of several good yet lengthy films at box office.
In order not to take such risk, makers of highly awaited upcoming bollywood film ‘Rangoon’, have reportedly re-edited the film and cut it short by close to 40 minutes. The original runtime during the censor certification was 2 hours and 47 minutes and it is reduced to just over 2 hours now.
The decision to trim the film just a few days ahead of its release was voluntarily taken by film’s producers, director Vishal Bharadwaj and his creative team. ‘Although the film turned out to be an extremely well-packaged product, we had to cut some good scenes in order to make the film more engaging for today’s generation,’ a member from the unit reportedly said.
The film starring Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor is all set to hit screens on February 24.