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Actor vijay antony about runtime of pichaikkaran 2 in interview - Tamil Movie Cinema News

Vijay Antony is a music composer turned actor who has acted in many hit films that often have a unique storyline. He acted in a film titled Pichaikkaran in 2016, which became a huge hit in Tamil and Telugu. Now, the sequel of the film helmed by Vijay Antony is set to release in theatres on May 19. The trailer and songs from the film have created excitement among people.

Ahead of the release of Pichaikkaran 2, Vijay Antony gave an exclusive interview with Galatta Plus with National Award winning critic Baradwaj Rangan. He shared some interesting insights about the film and how he perceives the cinema industry. When asked about the runtime of the film. The actor who is also the director said "its 2 hours 30 minutes long." The interviewer then said 'previously people used to think at least for the money we gave we have to sit in theatres for a length of the movie', The director said “Now, also that is true sir. Theatre owners think they can complete the next show fast, They can open the canteen for a long time, many people will stand and buy it. As these many trade stuff are involved and that is why they say people leave early. Plus, instead of having a lag in the story, They ask to tell it crisply. Now, if you can say a story for 3 hours in a gripping way (the movie will run) still Baahubali like a film run right. So, generally instead of saying say it in a crisp way they use the words within 2 hours." He said that his intention wants not to make a film for 2 or 2.30 hours because if you tell the story in a fast way the mood will not sustain. "If you can keep the audience engaged during the runtime and that is right", said the actor

Vijay Antony said "if they liked the film audience will even sit for five hours." He added "you should have the capacity to hold the audience but there are something involved in it That is why they split Ponniyin Selvan into 2 parts. , like theatres should put on the AC for five hours. Then it will be a separate trade for both films. If you look at that thing then not extending the film to 5 hours will be the right thing to do. Maximum we can go till 2.45 to 3 Hours". He then said that content is the key and "we can say the story in the right way only when it touched 2.22 minutes then we can."

 

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