Empuraan: 2+ Minutes Of Scenes Removed

‘It
is
not
because
of
any
threats
or
pressure
by
anyone.’

Two
days
after
Malayalam
superstar
Mohanlal
assured
that
the
controversial
portions
from
his
recently
released
film

L2:
Empuraan
would
be
removed,
its
Producer
Antony
Perumbavoor
said
that
a
little
over
two
minutes
of
scenes
have
been
deleted
from
the
movie.

The
decision
to
carry
out
the
edit
was
a
joint
one
of
all
the
producers
and
actors,
including
Mohanlal
and
Prithviraj
Sukumaran,
and
it
was
not
out
of
fear
of
anyone,
Perumbavoor
said.

“There
is
no
question
of
being
afraid.
We
live
in
a
society.
We
never
intended
to
do
anything
which
would
hurt
the
sentiments
of
anyone.
If
someone
is
unhappy
with
the
film,
then
as
producers,
directors
and
actors
of
the
movie,
we
all
have
the
responsibility
to
address
that
grievance.

“So
we
jointly
took
the
decision
to
carry
out
the
edits.
Around
two
minutes
and
some
seconds
worth
of
scenes
have
been
removed,”
he
said.

In
response
to
reporters’
queries
about
whether
the
decision
was
taken
on
someone’s
direction
or
due
to
pressure
from
some
political
organisation,
Perumbavoor
denied
the
same
and
clarified
that
even
in
the
future,
if
someone
was
aggrieved
by
a
film
they
had
made,
steps
would
be
taken
to
address
it.

“Not
just
for
any
party,
but
even
if
people
are
affected,
we
will
take
the
same
steps.
It
is
not
because
of
any
threats
or
pressure
by
anyone,”
said
Perumbavoor.

There
was
no
need
to
attack
Prithviraj
over
it,
Perumbavoor
said.

Perumbavoor
confirmed
that
there
will
be
a
third
sequel
to
the

Lucifer
film.

Major
Ravi
had
recently
claimed
that
Mohanlal
had
not
seen
the
film
prior
to
its
release.

The
actor
has
not
reacted
to
his
claim
by
Ravi.

The
decision
to
carry
out
the
edits
was
taken
despite
overwhelming
support
for
the
film,
its
producers
and
the
actors
from
all
quarters,
including
Kerala
Chief
Minister
Pinarayi
Vijayan
and
Leader
of
the
Opposition
in
the
state
assembly
V
D
Satheesan.

However,
BJP
state
President
Rajeev
Chandrasekhar
had
said
he
won’t
watch

Empuraan,
adding
that
he
was
disappointed
by
this
sort
of
movie-making.

Mohanlal
had
earlier
expressed
regret
over
the
row
surrounding
the
movie
and
assured
that
the
controversial
portions
would
be
removed.

The
movie
has
faced
intense
criticism
from
the
Sangh
Parivar
with
regard
to
some
portions
of
the
film.

Empuraan
has
become
a
topic
of
hot
debate
over
its
critique
of
right-wing
politics
and
the
covert
mention
of
the
Gujarat
riots.

The
Sangh
Parivar
vehemently
criticised
the
film
on
social
media,
while
the
Congress
and
Left
platforms
celebrated
the
film
for
portraying
the
right-wing
politics
as
‘villainous’.