The makers of Arjun Reddy are planning to release a director’s cut soon. The film’s star, Vijay Deverakonda, told Deccan Chronicle that there was some ‘pre-release pressure’ to cut down the film’s length.
“So in principle, we’re planning to add to, and not subtract from, the film’s length. We had to sacrifice about 40 minutes of footage on the editing table. Believe me, every moment of what we shot was vital to the story. Every frame that we left out was a bit of our lives abandoned for the sake of a tighter narrative,” he said.
The audience’s response to the film has enthused the makers so much that they will now add forty minutes of footage to the movie.
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“Since the audience has accepted the entire film and its unusual playing time, we are enthused into putting back the moments that we had to wrench out for the sake of the narrative economy. So yes, in principle, we are doing a director’s cut of Arjun Reddy so soon after the release because we believe what was left out is important to Arjun Reddy’s story,” he added.
Arjun Reddy is directed by Sandeep Vanga. It has Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey in lead roles.