Aishwarya Rajinikanth reveals 21 days of footage of Lal Salaam was lost: ‘It was a huge compromise’

Aishwarya Rajinikanth revealed that they could not re-shoot the vital parts that were lost even though the actors were ready to do it again.

Aishwarya Rajinikanth is opening up about her last release Lal Salaam. The sports drama, featuring Rajinikanth in an extended cameo and Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth in lead roles, did not perform as per expectations at the box office. Now, speaking with Cinema Vikatan, Aishwarya has revealed how they had lost 21 days of footage and had to re-edit some portions. (Also read: Lal Salaam box office collection day 8: Rajinikanth film continues to struggle, earns only ₹27 lakh in India)

What Aishwarya said

Rajinikanth played Moideen Bhai in the Aishwarya Rajinikanth directorial.

In the interview, Aishwarya said, “It is true that we lost a lot of footage. We were shocked that something like this could even happen. It was about 21 days of footage. I should say it happened because of irresponsibility, which was unfortunate. We had shot a cricket match, and it was a ten-camera set-up. We wanted to shoot it like it was a real cricket match. We missed the footage of all the twenty cameras. We didn’t know what to do."

She added that the team had to take the hard decision not to re-shoot it and edited with the surviving footage. “The problem was everyone including Vishnu, Senthil, and Appa also changed their get-up. So, we couldn’t reshoot it. In the end, we re-edited the film with whatever was left. It was challenging. Though Vishnu and Appa were cooperative and ready to do it again, we couldn’t shoot all of it again. It was a huge compromise,” she said.

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