Shaakuntalam Impact on Adipurush

The highly publicized world premiere of Adipurush, featuring Prabhas, has been canceled at the Tribeca Film Festival. Originally scheduled to take place on June 13 in New York City, the film’s screening at the festival will now coincide with its USA premieres.

The world premiere was canceled without an official explanation from the filmmakers, leading to speculations about the film’s reception. Critics suggest the makers may be worried about negative reviews affecting its box office performance.

But it was a wise decision from the makers. A few weeks ago, the makers of Shaakuntalam had paid premieres 3-4 days before its release. The talk from those premieres was horrendous. The first-day collections were affected in a huge way because people didn’t book tickets after knowing the premiere talk.

It was a wonder how a shrewd producer and distributor like Dil Raju could agree to early premieres even after seeing Shaakuntalam. How could he not judge that having early screenings would destroy whatever little prospects the film had at the box office?

Adipurush will now have the normal US premiers like all other films. Even if they have a great film on their hands, they do not want to take the risk of having a premiere three days before its release.