Director Shankar Explains Why He Made Indian Sequel In Two Parts

director shankar explains why he made indian sequel in two parts

During the trailer launch event of Kamal Haasan's upcoming film Indian 2, the film's director Shankar explained why he chose to make the sequel into two parts. He said that part one of the film only revolved around one state in India, and that part itself was a three-hour, twenty-minute film. But now, in the sequel, the story was spread all over the country to all the states. So naturally, the story became bigger. He explained, "Our initial idea is to do only one part. After we started filming, and when I sat in the editing room, all the scenes from my point of view came out very well."

"If for the sake of just knowing you have to make it in one part, if I compress the whole thing, the soul of every scene, the feel of every scene would have been lost. I can see there are two parts to that story. And each part has its own strength, and whole form, and engaging scenes, and a start, a body, and a climax, and a finish. So, it evolved automatically in two parts," added the ace director.

A Filmmaker's Choice

Agreeing with the director's point of view, Kamal Haasan shared that it was solely the filmmaker's choice to break the film into two parts. He continued by saying that the only thing he could discuss was his 2013 film Vishwaroopam, which had a sequel in 2018. The 350-page script was done in two parts.

Making the Most Of The Opportunity

He said, "I can talk for myself. When I made Vishwaroopam, we read the script. It was 350 pages long. They said, you edit it, it'll make a fantastic film. On day one, in Vishwaroopam, I was shooting for Vishwaroopam Part Two. Because I'd made the decision, I told my crew that this was going to be in two parts. We embark on a journey today to make two films. 'You'll be paid as such. But I'll be shooting sporadically back and forth between two films. But I'll explain the story to you.' All of us had a reading and they'll remember that, all the actors in that film.'"

He continued, "This is the kind of decision that Mr Shankar has made. Many competent directors are waiting for the right producer to make one film. He got the opportunity to make two. Why not use it? That's what he must have thought. That's what I think."

(With inputs from ANI)