The Malayalam action-thriller L2: Empuraan has landed in a political row for references to 2002 Gujarat riots. Actor Mohanlal tendered an apology on Sunday, and confirmed that the movie shall be edited and controversial scenes eliminated.
“It is a mom’s ache. There isn’t a level in somebody making enjoyable of me for talking brazenly about it. Neither Mohanlal nor the producers have stated that Prithviraj cheated them. Mohanlal is like my youthful brother. I’ve identified Lal since childhood. Mohanlal has praised my son on many events. However it is vitally unhappy that some persons are attempting to make my son a scapegoat with out the data of Lal or the producers. Director Prithviraj has not cheated anybody related to this movie or any movie. He won’t ever achieve this,” she wrote.
Amidst all of the turmoil, the movie goes again to the edit desk, and a brand new model of the movie is alleged to be launched subsequent week. Many claimed that Prithviraj didn’t hearken to requests to make cuts within the movie and flew solo whereas making vital choices. His mom, on the identical publish, replied to those allegations, saying, “All of them say the scenes have been being shot collectively, and everybody agreed. If scenes wanted to be edited throughout taking pictures, author Murali Gopy was all the time prepared to take action… then how can Prithviraj be solely accountable for it when the whole lot was finalised and the movie was launched?
Mallika hit again on the journalists who referred to as the director a ‘idiot who consistently modifications his stance’. She has made clear that the movie was a collaborative effort, and concentrating on solely her son is incorrect and unjust.
