Mohanlal, Prithviraj Sukumaran's L2-Empuraan landed in huge controversy over the characterisation of Abhimanyu Singh. The makers later went on a damage control mode and recensored the film and done away with the controversial elements.
Even then the controversy surrounding the film reached the Parliament. When MP John Britas claimed that the Union Govenrment exerted pressure to change the content of Empuraan Suresh Gopi, BJP MP refuted the allegations. He said “A matter of fact…which is the only truth, which I have to let Indian nationals know. There was no censor pressure on the producers of Empuraan.”
He added , “I was the first person to call the producers and ask them to delete my name from the thank you card at the beginning of the film. This is the truth. I am ready to take any punishment if this is found false. It was the decision of the producers, and the lead actor of the film, with the permission of the director of the film to remove 17 portions from the film.”
Earlier he said “Okay, so what is the controversy? Who has raised the controversy? It's all business. Screwing up the psyche of the people and making money. That's all.”