Criticize Only After Watching His Acting

From past few days, one section of media has been criticizing Malayalam superstar Mammotty saying he was intimidating makers of Yatra with a condition of not to cast any prominent actors in the film for the role of YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s son and YSRCP Chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The reports claimed that, they didn’t include Jagan’s role only with a fear of Mammootty would walk out of the project midway.

Nonetheless, director Mahi V Raghav came up with a clarification saying Mammootty is a legend and he has nothing to prove. The director also affirmed that critics and audience have all the rights to criticize Mammootty, if they didn’t like his performance.

Mahi Facebook post reads:

It’s the end of our Yatra with Mammootty.... 

390+ movies, 3 national awards and worked with 60+ debutant directors. More than these , he is a great mentor and a wonderful human being. 

He has nothing to prove. He can simply walk away into the sunset and still remain a legend. 

It is our tradition and culture to respect our guest. Sure, you can criticize him and tear him apart if he has failed as an actor or has not lived up to your expectation. As a critic and audience, you are entitled to it. 

But here is an actor who

- listened to the script in telugu 

- Learnt the meaning of every word, 

- wrote every single word in his language and delivered the lines on the set superbly. 

Here is an actor who dubbed and re-dubbed every line to make it as authentic it can be. He is so much in love with our language, culture and films and has nothing but admiration for it.

I Couldn’t have asked for more! With my hand on my heart, I can say that no other actor could have made this character and script as alive as he did. 

He is truly magical, wonderful and I am grateful to the Yatra we had.

As we all know, Yatra is scheduled for release on December 21st.