It is no secret that films in the South, unlike Bollywood,
have a constant fluctuation in terms of final release dates. Often, even the
month of the film's release is not finalized, till the very last minute!
In the past 2 months the release dates of 3 big starrer
films – ‘Kochadaiyaan’, ‘Maattraan’
and ‘Vishwaroopam’ have shifted from Diwali to
Christmas, clashed with each other over three times, rescheduled and gossiped
about, and finally, back to being inconclusive of when they will hit screens.
In a recent interview with a leading national English newspaper,
Prabhu Deva who jumped from Kollywood into Bollywood as a director,
stated this, “In Bollywood people are extremely professional. The
release dates of the films are announced long before the film hits the floors
and is confirmed when the film is at its post-production stage”.
However, in Kollywood the story is very different.
For instance, this September the release of ‘Podaa Podi’, ‘Charulatha’
and the much-awaited ‘Thandaavam’ has been pre-poned
and postponed ample number of times!
Actress Priyamani's much-awaited movie 'Charulatha'
was touted as one of the top releases in September. Being pushed from
the 7th to the 14th earlier, now the film will finally hit the screens on the
postponed released date of 21st September.
The Tamil version is ready to head to the censors, and so is
the Kannada version of the film. Sources reveal that this could further add to
the postponing of the film's release, however, as of now, 21st in the date!
The film's leading lady, Priyamani, hasn't been seen in Kollywood
lately. She is looking forward to the release of her latest venture, which is a
drama-thriller and hopes to bounce back strongly into the Kollywood film
industry!
The release date issue is not just restricted to Kollywood,
even in Tollywood much-awaited films like, ‘Damarukam’,
‘Gauravam’ and ‘Autonagar Surya’ have
never been constant about their release dates!
It’s going to be long before Bollywood catches up to Hollywood;
and Kollywood and other film families down South, match up to Indian release
date standards!
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