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Union Minister and actor Suresh Gopi spoke in regards to the contoversy surrounding Prithviraj Sukumaran and Mohanlal’s L2 Empuraan at an occasion not too long ago.
Union Minister and actor Suresh Gopi not too long ago attended an occasion the place he was honoured by the Manorama Information Newsmaker award. On the occasion, he was requested in regards to the controversy surrounding L2 Empuraan and his identify being faraway from the thank-you card after 17 cuts have been made to the movie over its depiction of the 2002 Gujarat riots. Right here’s what he stated. (Additionally Learn: Prithviraj Sukumaran breaks silence on L2 Empuraan Gujarat riots row: ‘Need not make investments crores on political stance’)
Suresh Gopi claims he didn’t know what L2 Empuraan was about
Suresh spoke about L2 Empuraan on the occasion, and OnManorama translated what he stated as, “I assisted the crew in securing crucial permissions earlier than the movie, together with for its censorship. With out these approvals, the film would’ve been stalled, significantly the permission to shoot on the CRPF Pallippuram camp. I reached out to (Union Minister of Residence Affairs) Amit Shah to make this occur.”
The actor-politician additionally acknowledged that he personally requested producer Gokulam Gopalan to take away his identify from the credit after the controversy surfaced. “My identify was doubtless added to the thank-you card due to my involvement. Nonetheless, after studying in regards to the movie’s content material, I felt my identify shouldn’t be related to it,” stated the BJP MP. Suresh additionally acknowledged that he has not watched the film and has no intention of doing so sooner or later.
What occurred?
After L2 Empuraan, directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran and starring Mohanlal within the lead position, was launched in theatres this March, the movie bumped into controversy for some scenes, dialogues and names, significantly for its depiction of the 2002 Gujarat riots. Seventeen voluntary cuts have been made to the movie after accusations arose that it was hurting sentiments.
In April this yr, MP John Brittas claimed within the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that ‘political strain’ was exerted on the movie for its depiction of the 2002 Gujarat riots. Suresh responded to his claims and stated, “A matter of truth…which is the one reality, which I’ve to let Indian nationals know. There was no censorship strain on the producers of Empuraan. It was the choice of the producers, and the lead actor of the movie, with the permission of the director of the movie, to take away 17 parts from the movie.”
L2 Empuraan is a sequel to the 2019 hit movie Lucifer. It’s the second-highest-grossing Malayalam movie of all time, with a worldwide haul of ₹265.5 crore.
