Vishal to experiment with 'Footage screening'
- IndiaGlitz, [Saturday,May 05 2018]
Trust Vishal to introduce new ideas, original or borrowed. This time, he is keen on 'Footage screening', a practice widespread in Hollywood. The actor-producer wants to give Kollywood a taste of it with his up-and-coming 'Irumbi Thirai' ('Abhimanyudu' in Telugu).
Vishal's path-breaking screening of 'IT'. He is holding a unique Footage screening on May 9 at Sathyam Cinemas for the media. May screen 1 hour (probably up to interval) to get the feel and mood of the cyber-thriller, says senior commentator Sreedhar Pillai. (The Tamil version releases on May 11, while the Telugu version is yet to get a date.)
If this practice yields dividends, others could follow. A lot depends on the confidence that a filmmaker has in his product. There are instances where quite a few Telugu films were screened 2-3 days in advance for the media. 'Pelli Choopulu', 'Drushyam', 'Manam', etc are the examples. In all cases, the makers were very confident of the result.