2018 Movie: Producer Venu REACTS To Criticism Of Susmesh: 'Sir, You Have All The Freedom, You Must...'

2018 Movie: Producer Venu REACTS To Criticism Of Susmesh: Producer Venu Kunnappilly responded to writer Susmesh Chandroth's criticism that the film ' 2018' was a miserably failed work politically and creatively. His response was, "Sir, you have all the freedom to make such a film. Of course you should make it. All the best wishes".

Writer and screenwriter Susmesh Chandroth earlier criticised Jude Anthony Joseph's 2018 film, which became the fastest ₹100 crore-collecting film in Malayalam.

2018 is a politically and creatively miserably failed film. Susmesh Chantroth commented in a Facebook post that the script of the film could have focused on the will and leadership of the state government that managed the flood at that time.

When a film is based on true events, it is not good to drown out the facts. Or it is apolitical. Otherwise, it is clearly taking sides. Everyone knew that, when the subject is the biggest flood that Kerala has seen in almost a hundred years, it should not be recreated as a work of imagination.

But it is not possible to convey all the things that happened in the movie in two or two and a half hours. There is no need for it. To know if the well water is adulterated, it is checked by taking a drop of water without taking the whole well water. Similarly, in the script of the movie 2018, the story could have been told by keeping the will and leadership of the state government that managed the flood at the centre of the story.

You don't have to make a movie that glorifies Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan or L.D.F. But could have portrayed in the movie how the government, its mechanisms, and its members worked together. Three or four scenes with twenty or thirty shots with a duration of ten or twelve seconds are enough to tell that in the movie. It may take ten minutes at the maximum. The crew of the film is not ignorant of that. But they deliberately omitted it. And that is where the viewer's disappointment happens, Susmesh wrote.

Jude's film Creates History At The Box Office

Meanwhile, Jude Anthany Joseph's film ' 2018:Everyone is a Hero' is moving forward with a historical box office collection. The film, which is based on the 2018 Kerala floods, is progressing with great response from theatres and receiving praise from the audience and critics.

The film has been performing well at the box office since the day of its release, and it has become the new Malayalam industry hit. Earlier, this record was for Mohanlal's 'Pulimurugan' which was released seven years ago. This film has also bagged the record for Mollywood's highest grosser in all territories and the all-time blockbuster of Malayalam cinema.