'Anomie' director explains reason behind slow first half

The director of 'Anomie', Riyas Marath, has now spoken in detail about people saying the first half of the film feels slow. He said this during a press meet held after the movie’s release.The film stars Bhavana in the main role and reached theatres yesterday. The movie also has Rahman, Shebin Benson, Vishnu Agasthya, Binu Pappu, Arjun Lal, and Drishya Raghunath in important roles.

Riyas Marath has written the story and also directed the film.As reported by Asianet News, the 'Anomie' director said that the team has already started getting the kind of response they hoped for. But Riyas also added that he did hear some reviewers say the first half feels lagging. He then explained why it was made that way and also shared how happy he is to see people enjoying the movie.

Director explains the reason for the slow pace

Riyas Marath said, “The movie released yesterday. By yesterday evening, we had started getting the kind of reactions we wanted.

That made us very happy. Because of that happiness, we decided we should sit together like this today. The reviews we hoped for, based on the effort we put in, have started coming in now.”He added that they wanted the movie to get more visibility because they strongly believe it deserves that space. Riyas also said the movie has many talented people and a very strong technical team who worked very hard.He said, “Everyone please watch the film. If you watch it, there is a good chance you will like it, because of the genre.

We have treated it as a psychological investigative film. The first half was made to set that atmosphere, and from there we built a pace leading to the climax.”

Why some viewers felt lag

The director also spoke about the “lag” comments, “I heard in some reviews that the first half feels lagging. Some people might feel that way. But when we show the mindset of someone with psychological disturbance, the story needs a certain kind of world-building.

That is what we tried to treat there. I don’t know how successful we were in that. But we are very happy with the responses we are getting now.”

Box office numbers for 'Anomie'

Early numbers show that the film is doing steady business. As per the first estimates by the Sacnilk website, the movie has made Rs 41 lakhs India net and Rs 48 lakhs India gross in two days. In the Malayalam version, the movie collected Rs 36 lakhs net in two days. Day 1 made Rs 18 lakhs and day 2 also made Rs 18 lakhs.

This means the second day held strong.

Team hopeful for more growth

The director said the team is standing with hope because the movie is slowly getting visibility. He believes that once more people watch it, even better responses will come.Riyas ended by saying that he is very happy with the start and even happier that people are calling the climax “very good.”