Prithviraj Sukumaran mother says Mohanlal aware of Empuraan story. Empuraan starring Mohanlal under Prithivraj Sukumaran landed in huge controvesy following the depiction of Abhimanyu Singh as Hindu fanatic. With everyone blaming Prithviraj Sukumaran, his mother Malika Sukumaran came up with the post saying Mohanlal was aware of the entire story.
She posted “This is a mother's pain. There is no point in someone making fun of me for speaking openly about it. Neither Mohanlal nor the producers have said that Prithviraj cheated them. I don't think they will ever say that. Mohanlal is like my younger brother. I have known Lal since childhood. Mohanlal has praised my son on many occasions. But it is very sad that some people are trying to make my son a scapegoat without the knowledge of Lal or the producers. Director Prithviraj has not cheated anyone associated with this film or any film. He will never do so,”
She added “If you feel that there is any problem with the film Empuraan, then everyone in this group is responsible for it. They all read the script together. They all saw the scenes being shot together, and everyone agreed. If scenes needed to be edited during shooting, writer Murali Gopy was always willing to do so... then how can Prithviraj be solely responsible for it when everything was finalized and the film was released?”
She continued “I want to make it clear that there is not a single shot in Empuraan that neither of them (Mohanlal or the producers) knew about. There is nothing in this film that Mohanlal does not know. Neither of them would say that they were unaware of anything in the film,”
Earlier, director Major Ravi claimed that Mohanlal did not watch the preview and was unaware of the scenes in the film. He added that Mohanlal was not at the editing or scripting decisions and even was not involved in the scenes depicting communal violence.
He said "I received many calls from my friends in the Army, expressing their anger. They want Mohanlal’s Lieutenant Colonel rank to be revoked. But I request you all not to mix his rank with this issue. He has done nothing wrong in this movie while wearing an Army uniform".
Mohanlal even apologised to everyone for the scenes saying "I have come to know that some of the political and social themes that have come into play in the film Empuran, the second part of the Lucifer franchise, have caused great distress to many of my loved ones. As an artiste it is my duty to ensure that none of my films harbors hatred towards any political movement, ideology or sect."
He added "responsibility lies with all of us behind the film". Therefore, the Empuran team and I are deeply sorry for the distress caused to my loved ones, and with the realization that the responsibility lies with all of us behind the film, we have decided together to remove such subjects from the film,"
He said "I have lived my film career as one of you for the last four decades. Your love and faith is my only strength. I believe there is no Mohanlal who is more than that...With love, Mohanlal #L2E #Empuraan,"