Come on now.....Just wait for a few more hours...Its pointless to count the chickens before they've hatched.....பாமர மக்களுக்கு படம் பிடிக்குமா என்ற கேள்வியை விட்டு சென்று நம் மோதலில் படத்தை ரசிப்போம்
As expecting people who dont like leisurely paced films will be let down.
2 things come to mind. Either KH needs to make films accessilble and less lengthy (less than 2.5 hrs) because audience patience is wearing thin
Or Audience tastes are changing and perhaps VOD, streaming is way to go.
Some people from dupaai are giving such feedback. Acting laam kekka venaam. But pacing is definetly an issue based off feedback from twitter.
If lingu baai asked to trim prior release, that itself is not very encouraging. My point is that people are expecting more from Papanaasam than this because of less interference from KH.
Aana its remake. And i dunno if overseas people will watch seeing that many have seen Drishyam with subtitle. Def do not seeing it releasing in dubai as mallu population is more and all will say lal is best, et. all.
Remains to be seen. But what is %% of overall gross by overseas and North India ? Hardly 10-15 %. Telugu, Kannada, Hindi ruled out since they have/will have made their own remake. So its primarily TN ... A movie with a much smaller budget and tightly knit, it has good chances of becoming a superhit.