Is This Legendary Director Running Out Of New Ideas?
Published by GulteDesk
April 17, 2021
Shankar is one of the visionary directors of Indian Cinema. He made many blockbuster films like Gentleman, Premikudu, Oke Okkadu, Aparichithudu, and Robo in the past. However, none of his films are working after Robo. Films like Snehithudu, I, and Robot 2 have tanked at the box office. Of late, Shankar is obsessed with sequels and remakes of his own films. Is this an indication of him running out of new ideas or lacking the support of a good writing team?
Shankar had a long relationship with writer Sujatha. The latter wrote the scripts of almost all of Shankar’s films. After his demise, the void was clearly seen in Shankar’s filmography. After Sujatha’s demise, Shankar remade 3 idiots as Snehithudu. It was a flop at the box office. Then, he tried something different with ‘I’ but it became a disaster. After that huge failure, Shankar came up with the idea of sequels. Immediately, he made a sequel for Robo, called 2.0. It got good openings but remained a financial failure.