Sekhar Kammula’s Kuberaa and Manchu Vishnu’s Kannappa are doing well in theaters, and after a long time, the exhibitors are having happy days as the audiences are turning up to watch films. However, Kuberaa and Kannappa face backlash for their 3-hour runtime.
When the runtime goes beyond 3 hours, it becomes very risky for films, and the success rate of such films is low, as audiences always want an engaging film throughout.
So, when the runtime increases, the challenges for filmmakers increase, because if audiences feel the movies are too lengthy, then the impact will decline.
There is another danger with lengthy runtime movies: that the budget will get increased. If the movie does not come out well overall, the length will heavily impact it. So, such kind of films lose both ways.
Kannappa and Kuberaa Face Backlash Because Of 3-Hour Runtime
Telugu Cinema’s latest releases, Kuberaa and Kannappa, both have lengthy runtimes, and they went the same way. Both the movies were censored with 195 minutes, but later were trimmed to 183 minutes.
Sekhar Kammula’s Kuberaa and Manchu Vishnu’s Kannappa face backlash for their 3-hour runtime. The public felt that there was drag in between for Kammula’s film, and it could have been trimmed by 10-15 minutes.
Even for Kannappa, the same response came as many felt that the first half of the film and the initial 2nd half were very lengthy and dragged. The unanimous reaction to the film was that it could have had a better impact with a 140–150-minute runtime.
