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‘Climax of Solo changed without my consent’
Bejoy Nambiar’s bilingual anthology film, Solo, has been going through a tough time for a while now. The bilingual’s Tamil version had to be pulled out of theaters in Tamil Nadu just after a day of its release due to the ongoing Tamil Film Producer Council’s strike against Local Body Entertainment Taxes.
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Now, in a new development, the director has accused that the climax of the Malayalam version of his film has been changed without his consent or knowledge! “For all those asking about the changed ending. It has been done without my knowledge and consent. Good or Bad I stand by the film I made,” he tweeted on Sunday, opening up conversations about how a director was kept in the dark when making such a big change with his work.
Speaking to DT Next about the changed climax, Bejoy clarified, “This is a technicality about films that the general people are not aware of. The producer, whose name you put I the centre of every movie poster, has the right to do whatever he wants with your product as he wishes.
He has edited out many of the scenes from the climax, changing the course of the story. I don’t really want to comment more on this subject and make it messier, but I’m trying to change the film back to its original format and the discussions are still on. I don’t want a flawed vision of my story and work going out to the public. That’s all I can say right now.”
The film starring Dulquer has been showcased in Malayalam with a different climax as the audience had expressed dislike for how Rudra’s story ended. The critics also had a split opinion about the film’s climax. Abraham Mathew, who produced the film in Malayalam, reportedly told a newspaper that the only reason behind this move was to “show respect towards the audience’s opinions.”
However, Bejoy clarified in no uncertain terms that his film will be screened with the original climax whenever it is re-released in Tamil.
“SOLO - Tamil version if given a chance to release once the strike is over will release AS IS! @aniljain13 is a rock star of a producer,” he tweeted, referring to Anil Jain, the producer of the Tamil version. Solo — consisting of four different stories based on the elements air, water, fire and earth — features Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role in all four films. Dulquer’s character in each film is named after Shiva — Shekhar, Trilok, Shiva and Rudra, and the four stories have a mythological connect.
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