188 Minutes To Balance All Stories

October 17, 2014 - 11:21 AM IST

What is the average time you would like to spend in a theater for watching a film? We are guessing your patience levels can stand up to 2 hours 30 minutes at the maximum. But what will be the situation if you have to watch a film for a total of 3 hours and 8 minutes? Well, a situation like that is coming soon.

The Bollywood flick Happy New Year runs to the duration of 3 hours and 8 minutes. At times like these where viewers want quickly served movies, what is this marathon duration. Well, the makers say since the principal characters are many, they had to balance their presence and give them good footage. 

Incidentally, the duration that you see now has come after a lot of cutting happened at the editing table. It is revealed that the actual film was running for more than 4 hours. Barring the Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone factor, it will be a real challenge for director Farah Khan to prove this duration is justified. Let us see what happens.