‘Retro’: Karthik Subaraj plans to release Suriya-Starr as a limited series

Karthik Subbaraj; Poster of Suriya’s ‘Retro’ | Photo Credit: Johan Satiidas/The Hindu and Netflix

Ace filmmaker Karthik Subarj revealed on Monday (June 16) that he is planning to release a limited series version of his recent release, RetroSuriya starring. It comes a few weeks later of the film, which hit theaters for mixed reactions on 1 May, starting streaming on Netflix on 31 May.

In an interview with film critic Bardwaz Rangan Galata plusKarthik talked about how he is not a writer who pens a script as a script, keeping a script keeping a two-and-a-half-hour runTime, and he revealed that he had a lot of footage to have a lot of footage Retro It was not for the final cut. “We tried the technique of this united-one-one-minute technique when we write our script, but never worked. We also give our draft to our editors to get our opinion about what can be removed from the script. To get our opinion about it. Fit for a theater release.

“But the OTT has grown, and it allows you to make a long format.” Karthik said that he tried to do something for his previous release, widely acclaimed Jigarathanda double x“I tried to talk to streaming service to see if we could release a limited series version of the film on streaming. I said to him,” Look, the film is releasing in theaters anyway, and you are buying it and releasing it on OTT. So let it run for three to four months, and after that, I will give you a limited series version. ” By this, I do not just mean a version with more deleted scenes, but it is a version where emotions will be deeper and the action will be more wide but they did not agree to it. ,

For RetroThe director said, he wished to try it as the film had many exciting parts that did not make the final cuts. “There are four to five episodes of 45 minutes. This version will have more details and explanations about many topics touched by the film. So I want to somehow bring all this to the audience. I am not sure how, but I am trying.” Karthik also gave an example of how Quentin Tartino The Hateful Eight A limited chain version is particularly streaming in the US. “This version is actually on Netflix, and so whenever I meet them (Netflix), I tell them,” Hey, you are giving that option in America, why can’t you do it here? ” ,

Karthik said that if this is a limited series version for a film, “there will be no restriction for filmmakers. Even if they something else, they will find an Avenue to show it.”

Pooja Hegde starring as a female lead, Retro Apart from this, Juzo George, Nasar, Jairam, Karunakaran and Prakash Raj have been included with a cameo by Shriya Saran. Produced by Stone Bench Films and 2D Entertainment, Santosh Narayanan has composed in the film.