Baahubali The Epic Producer Reacts To Fan Saying Re-Release With 'Chopped Off Scenes' Will 'Destroy Every Emotion'

SS Rajamouli's Baahubali movies are re-releasing in cinema halls as a single film. Titled Baahubali: The Epic, the re-edited magnum opus has been certified U/A by the CBFC and has locked a runtime of 3 hours and 44 minutes, which is one of the longest Indian movies in recent times. The original combined runtime of the two Baahubali movies is 5 hours and 48 minutes. The team, headed by Rajamouli, has been working on the post-production of Baahubali: The Epic. One thing is certain that many scenes have been chopped off from Baahubali: The Epic that were in the original movies to make the runtime shorter by over two hours.

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While many are excited to witness what scenes the new version of Baahubali will retain and what all has been chopped off, a social media user urged fans to avoid the re-release in cinema halls. "Avoid this so-called Baahubali re-release. It will destroy every emotion you had for Part 1 & 2. They chopped off nearly an hour of footage scenes that made you fall in love with it (sic)," a fan posted. To this, Baahubali producer Shobu Yarlagadda said, "Let me know if you feel the same way after watching it (sic)."

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Earlier, Variance Films, which is distributing Baahubali: The Epic in the US, busted myths about a hike in ticket prices for the re-release. The film will release on the big screens in IMAX and 4DX versions too. A new trailer for Baahubali: The Epic has also been released by the makers.

Clarifying that box office returns is not the primary aim of Baahubali re-release, Yarlagadda shared in an interview, “It is clearly just bringing back and reliving the magic. It's not that we don't want money, but our focus is not on that."