Superstars & Two Parts: Is It Good Or Bad?

With Allu Arjun’s Raaka clarifying the other day that the film will be a two-part movie, surely it has left a section of movie lovers in shock. This is because they feel that if every hero is doing two-part films, and just one film is taking a huge time like this, then when will they continuously entertain the audience?

Well, before Raaka, we had Jr NTR’s Dragon being planned as a two-part movie, while Ram Charan’s upcoming film under Sukumar’s direction is also said to be the same. After the success of Baahubali and KGF, this two-part syndrome took over, and only Pushpa succeeded big time later with this. However, even though these two-part films were released more than two years apart, Dhurandhar shocked them all. That film has just 3 months gap between the two parts. But what’s good and what’s bad in this move?

In fact, if the two parts of a film are being made on a simple budget, that means if the second part is just costing a fraction of Part 1, then its ideal to expand the story like that. Because if a single part is made with ₹200 crores, and two parts with ₹300 crores, that means they are making two movies at once, at lesser cost. That helps the producer recover money on two occasions. However, if the makers are going for two parts just for the thrill of it, then the second part will not get any attention even if it's released in a shorter gap.

While we are seeing Dhurandhar's success, which happened in just three months gap, earlier we have seen NTR’s biopic movie, Kathanayakudu and Mahanayakudu, which are released in two months gap, and both failed to click. So, it’s the content in the end that decides if this two-part idea is a good move or a bad move.