Work Ethics of Shankar, Director of Game Changer Editor Slams: Was a terrible experience
‘Game Changer’ editor Shemer Muhammad recently called director Shankar’s disgrace in an interview. He said that filmmaker would change 10 days late for editing and called it a ‘terrible experience’.
In short
- Editor Shemer Muhammad worked about a year on ‘Game Changer’
- Shemer criticized director Shankar’s unprofessional and delay
- ‘Game Changer’ released in January 2025 got lukewarm review and poor box office
‘Game Changer’ editor Shemer Muhammad recently called director Shankar’s unprofessional work Ethics. The technician claimed that he spent almost a year in Chennai and had to leave the film from midway. He further said that the film was about 7-7.5 hours long and had dropped it down for 2.5-3 hours.
Editor Shemer Muhammad, while talking Coumoodi moviesSaid that he spent about a year to work on ‘Game Changer’. “It came during the last six months that he had come and said that I would have to stay with him for another month. I had a sketch here (Kerala), so I came at the time when I was editing, the film was 7-7.5 hours long. I made it three and a half hours. After that, a new editor came and reduced it for 2.5-3 hours.
Shemer Muhammad claimed that it was working with director Shankar. He said, “This was a terrible experience for me to work with Shankar. I went there with great enthusiasm, but there were things happening in some other world.”
He said, “He will fix a date for editing, but he will change only after ten days. The same pattern continued for several days, and I finished staying in Chennai for 300–350 days.”
After she came out of the project, editor Ruben was brought on the ship. He said that he had already rejected a lot of films as he was working on ‘Game Changer’. “Then I left the film. If I had left ‘Arm’ and ‘Marco’ for ‘Game Changer’, it would have been a terrible mistake,” they explained.
‘Game Changer’ was released in theaters in January 2025 during the Syncranti holidays. The film received a lukewarm response equally from critics and audiences.
Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer is a political action drama about a government official who goes against corrupt officials. The film was allegedly produced on a large scale of Rs 400 crore, but reports suggest that it did not break even in many areas.
