KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In the latest twist to the row over his recently released movie ' L2: Empuraan ', actor Mohanlal on Sunday expressed "sincere regret" for the "distress" caused to those who love him and promised that the controversial portions would be removed. The regret note by the national award-winning actor on Facebook came hours after chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and opposition leader V D Satheesan extended their support to the movie and blamed Sangh Parivar for the social media attack on its makers. In his FB post, Mohanlal said: "As an artist, it is my duty to ensure that none of my films promote hatred toward any political movement, ideology, or religious community.
With that in mind, both I and the Empuraan team sincerely regret any distress that may have been caused to those who love me." We also acknowledge that the responsibility for this rests with all of us who worked on the film. With this realisation, we have collectively decided to remove such elements from the movie,” Mohanlal said.
Maintaining that he had lived his film life as one among the people for the past four decades, he said: “Your love and trust are my only strength. I firmly believe that there is no Mohanlal beyond that.” Actor-director Prithviraj Sukumaran and Antony Perumbavoor, one of the producers, later shared Mohanlal’s social media post on their accounts.
CM Vijayan, who watched the movie along with his family members on Saturday evening, put out a strongly worded FB po.