Kanguva producer KE Gnanavel Raja on Friday, November 15 addressed the criticism of the film’s loud music, especially in the first few minutes. In a media interaction held over Zoom, the producer acknowledged the issue and assured that the film’s team is already working on corrective measures. As reported by Telugu portal OracleHe admitted that the ‘loudness’ in the film was due to ‘sound mixing’ and the changes would be reflected in the tonight’s show.

The producer said that they have not received any further complaints about the viewing experience from viewers, and that music-related issues will be fixed soon. Gnanavel Raja shared that the film’s team had also requested exhibitors to ‘reduce the volume by two points’ to ‘eliminate’ the negative feedback associated with the sound issues in the film.

Earlier, Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty had considered loud music in Kanguva and several films. He shared a screenshot of India Today’s film review and wrote a long note blaming ‘last minute fixes’ for the problem.

The producer also shared an update about the second part of Kanguva. After welcoming Karthi in Suriya’s film as the new villain in part two of the series, Raja said that director Shiva is going to direct it after finishing his film with Thala Ajith. He promised that the scale of Kangwa 2 will be bigger and bigger than the first part.

He talked about the critical and commercial response the film received. Gnanavel Raja said that the team is happy with the audience reception of Kanguva and that the film is going to be the biggest hit of Suriya’s career. He shared that he is happy that it is going to break all the records made by the actor’s previous films at the box office. However, he admitted that they were expecting bigger opening numbers, but are hopeful that the first weekend business will be completed soon.

Kanguva, which also stars Bobby Deol and Disha Patani, was released on Thursday, November 14, as a big Tamil pan-India film. It is running in theaters with Amaran.