There was a buzz before the movie came to the theatres that director Maruthi was involved in ‘Taxiwala‘ and was responsible for chopping off some footage after the Director, Rahul Sankrityan had cut the final version that was a lengthy cut. Maruthi is a close friend of producer SKN and his involvement was expected.
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Immediately after ‘Taxiwala’ came to the theatres and opened to a relatively positive talk unlike the mixed talk from the piracy reviews, ‘Taxiwala’ team held success celebrations’ meet for the media and shared their happiness with the media. Allu Aravind said that Maruthi was there with the new director all through and gave his valuable inputs and even asked Maruthi to speak at the event.
This confirms that Maruthi was indeed involved in trimming certain parts and helped in cutting the final version of ‘Taxiwala’. Being a friend of the producer and also a close aide of Geetha Arts after his association with Allu Aravind, one can understand that it was the goodwill between the parties that helped in the movie’s output.
Normally, makers of a movie don’t show their product to anyone but in this case, the director was new and the movie’s unedited version already came out. Maruthi successfully used his experience to get the final version right and sustained the interest of the audiences even after the pirated version was leaked twice.
