Is the heat for Dhurandhar: The Revenge building up? With which sequel do you compare the excitement for the Dhurandhar sequel?
– The craze for the sequel of DHURANDHAR: THE REVENGE is tremendous, thanks to the unprecedented success of DHURANDHAR. The craze is comparable to that which was there for BAHUBALI: THE CONCLUSION following the then unprecedented success of BAHUBALI.
Almost the entire trade feels that the clash between Dhurandhar: The Revenge and Toxic: A Fairy Tale For Grown-Ups on 19th March should’ve been avoided. What are your thoughts on the same?
– A clash of two or more big releases is always undesirable. It adversely affects the box-office collections of both, or all, the films which clash.
Why did The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond not take a good opening in spite of the first part, The Kerala Story, being a blockbuster?
– The promotional materials of THE KERALA STORY 2: GOES BEYOND clearly indicated that the issue tackled in the film was no different from the one dealt with in the first part. In other words, unlike the trailer of the first part, which had tremendous shock value, the trailer of THE KERALA STORY 2: GOES BEYOND lacked shock or novelty value. Hence it was a given that the film would not take a great start, given its lack of face value. Incidentally, THE KERALA STORY had not opened strong. Collections had picked up after the first day due to great word of mouth. The opening of THE KERALA STORY 2: GOES BEYOND also got adversely affected because of the confusion over its release due to the court battle.