Suriya's Kanguva trimmed, loud audio issues sorted out after negative feedback

The makers of Suriya's Kanguva have trimmed nearly 12 minutes of footage from the film after receiving negative feedback. The film was also criticised for its loud audio, which has now been corrected.

In Short

• Suriya's Kanguva has been trimmed by 12 minutes
• The high decibel audio issues have been sorted out, according to reports
• Kanguva is a fantasy action drama directed by Siva

Suriya and director Siva's Kanguva was trimmed by nearly 12 minutes after receiving criticism about the screenplay and high decibel audio. The film has been met with a lukewarm response from critics and audiences alike since it hit theatres on November 14. Producer KE Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green, in an interaction with Telugu media, acknowledged the audio issues and promised to lower the volume by two points.

Going by trade analyst Sreedhar Pillai's post on X, 12 minutes of footage from Kanguva have been removed. The present-day portions in Kanguva received maximum criticism and most of the scenes from this episode have been removed.

Earlier, the runtime of Kanguva was 2 hours and 34 minutes. The trimmed version has a runtime of 2 hours and 22 minutes.

Here's the post:

The re-censored trimmed version of Kanguva will start playing in theatres from today (November 19) or tomorrow (November 20).

On November 17, Jyotika defended Kanguva and acknowledged the issues. She wrote, "Definitely the first 1/2 hr doesn’t work n the sound is jarring! Flaws r a part of most Indian films, so that’s only fair, especially in this kind of a film wherein one experiments largely! N it’s just the first 1/2 hr from the whole 3 hrs (sic)."

She then called Kanguva a cinematic spectacle and expressed her thoughts on seeing negative reviews. She alleged planned propaganda against the film.

Here's her note:

Suriya's Kanguva was released in theatres on November 14 and has been receiving mixed reviews. While the film's technical aspects have been praised, it has been criticised for its convoluted storyline and sub-par execution.