Shriram Raghavan talks about the criticism he received when the movie ‘Merry Christmas’ was released – Republic World
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Recent releases of Sriram Raghavan Merry Christmas A mystery drama that was released in theaters on January 12th. Katrina KaifIt starred Vijay Sethupati and was shot in Hindi and Tamil simultaneously. However, despite an all-star cast and an engaging plot, the film received poor reviews. mixed reaction It received poor reviews from critics and received lukewarm returns at the box office. Months after its release, the filmmaker opened up about the film’s lackluster performance.
Merry Christmas director says he is “conscious” of the audience while editing
The director said he was aware of his recent film appearances. Merry Christmas A variety of responses were received. He told PTI: Sometimes I watch my entire movie as a viewer in the editing room, and I wish I had a drug that would allow me to forget about it and watch it anew, but I don’t have that. ” The director added that the solution to this problem is to watch the movie “multiple times.”
Merry Christmasis a thriller with elements of dark humour, romance, murder and a bit of Christmas magic, starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil, the film is about two strangers, Maria (Kaif) and Albert (Sethupathi), who pass each other on Christmas Eve. Now streaming on Netflix.
Merry Christmas director defends film’s pacing and ending
Some viewers praise it Merry Christmas, On the other hand, some had issues with the “pacing and ending”, but the director was willing to take those risks. Raghavan said, “They had problems with pacing, but rushing this film would have lost its basic flavour, so it was a risk I took.” Some people didn’t like the ending. But it was a choice and the ending worked for me. There were several other endings. I was even thinking of shooting two endings, one in Hindi and one in Tamil,” he said.
Raghavan ultimately decided to adopt a similar ending for both versions and abandon the alternative ending on the grounds that it was “more colloquial”.
(With inputs from PTI)
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