BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday made it clear that he won’t watch Mohanlal-starrer, ‘L2: Empuraan’ and said any movie that tries to build a story by distorting the truth is doomed to fail.<\/p>\n
The BJP leader said in a social media post that he was disappointed by this sort of movie-making.<\/p>\n
“I had watched Lucifer and had liked it. I had said that I would watch the movie Empuraan when I heard it was a sequel to Lucifer,” he said in a FB post.<\/p>\n
The newly appointed BJP state chief’s latest remarks came at a time when Sangh Parivar leaders and activists intensified their attack against certain portions of the film and alleged that it was against the interests of the nation.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Chandrasekhar had endorsed the stand taken by senior party leader M T Ramesh that a film should be seen as a film.<\/p>\n
“But now I have come to know that the makers of the movie themselves have made 17 amendments in the movie and that the movie is undergoing re-censorship,” he said in the FB post.<\/p>\n
He said that he understood that there were topics in the movie that disturbed Mohanlal fans and other viewers.<\/p>\n
“A movie should be watched as a movie. it can’t be seen as history. Also, any movie that tries to build a story by distorting the truth is doomed to fail. So, will I watch this sequel to Lucifer? No. Am I disappointed by this type of moviemaking? – Yes,” Chandrasekhar added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly V D Satheesan on Sunday extended their whole-hearted support to the makers of Empuraan movie and accused Sangh Parivar of distorting history.<\/p>\n
In a FB post, Satheesan alleged that the Sangh Parivar believes that freedom of expression means freedom of things being created in their favour. “Their agenda is to celebrate such flawed works,” he charged.<\/p>\n
Stating that cinema is the creation of a group of artists, he said modifying the content of a work of art by threatening, insulting and humiliating through social media is not a success.<\/p>\n
“It is an indication of radical failure and cowardice. Don’t forget that no matter how much you try to cover it up, historical truths will always remain clear,” the LoP added.<\/p>\n
Amidst the raging row, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan watched the “L2: Empuraan” along with his family members at a multiplex theatre here on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The Prithviraj-directed film, the second part of the ‘Lucifer’ movie, a trilogy planned by the Prithviraj-Mohanlal team, has become a topic of hot debate over its critique of right-wing politics and the covert mention of the Gujarat riots.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the opening day of the movie itself, the Sangh Parivar came out with vehement criticism against the film on social media, while the Congress and a section of the Left platforms celebrated the film for portraying the right-wing politics as “villainous”.<\/p>\n
‘L2: Empuraan’, which had its worldwide release on Thursday, had 4,500 shows in 746 screens in Kerala alone on the opening day, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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