Every time Malayalam cinema finds otself embroiled in controversy, the first name that comes to people’s mind is the late Legendary Actor Thrilakanwho fearlessly exposed the film industry’s flaws and malpractices, even launching attacks on superstars Mohanlal and Mammootty. Years before the Justice Hema Committee Report Confirmed the existence of a power group controlling the Malayalam Film Industry, Thlokan-AlMost Like A One-Man Army-Had Reveled the Prince of a “Mafia” in Kilala. Fraternity and waged war against it.
At a time when the Industry is grappling with financial crises And Producers and Distributors are Planning a strike starting june 1 To protest high entertainment taxes and escalating actor remuneration, Thilakan’s Lone Battle Against Associations’ tendency to revolve around superstars remainsworth remaining. It may be recalled that the multiple-time national film award and Kerala State Film Award Winner had faced an unofficial ban in the early 2010 for publicly speaking out this against this against this is so-called “mafia”.
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As early as 2008 ITSelf, Thlokan claimed he had been deliberately isolate in the industry by “so-called superstars”. In an interview with ReddiffHe elabored: “They have tried their best to keep me away from films. Joining Them Were Up-And-Coming Stars As Well. They have tried everything in the book: mental disintegration, verbal assaults and character assassination. I have kept quiet for so long, but there was a limit which no one should cross. “
When asked why superstars consider him a threat, he said: “They are highly insecure. They don’t even like others matching up to their level, let alone outperforming them. They will not – and they can ‘ – take the slightest competition. I have outperformed them in many films, which obviously has not guone down well with them. If someone outperforms them, it is an open challenge to their stardom. People and Media Praised My Performance in their films. It might have been different for them to digest. They tried to push me around on screen. Once that failed, they tried it off the screen as well. “
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Thrilakan Further Reveled that he was not keen on acting alongside superstars like Mohanlal and Mammootty. “I would like to call them actors, not superstars or any other adjectives. I have high regard for Mohanlal. He is a brilliant, natural, flexible actor. The problem with mohanlal is the company he keeps. And mammootty is a ‘made actor’. Jagathy Sreekumar was the first to describe mammooty like that, “He said, adding that he had nothing personal against Mammootty.
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In a stormy interview with Asianet NewsThrilakan openly criticized film associations like amma and fefka, as well as a cartain “superstar” for orchestrating his removal from the movie Christian brothers (2011). “One of the existing superstars said it his ‘Prestige Issue’ to keep actors like me, captain Raju and Mala Aravindan off the screen. That means the Malayalam Film Industry is LED by just this one man, “Thlokan cleimed. Though thou thouh thouh thou name anyone directly, many people speculated that he was referring to dileep, who dominated the time at the time and continued to do so for a few more yars, unatil hears. MasterMinding the 2017 Actress Abdusion and Assault Case.