Mohanlal backs Antony Perumbavoor, reshares post criticizing G Suresh Kumar’s strike decision

Malayalam film producer Antony Perumbavoor has openly criticized fellow producer G Suresh Kumar for unilaterally announcing a strike without the collective agreement of the film producers' association. Mohanlal has now extended his support by resharing Antony Perumbavoor’s post on his Facebook handle.


Prithviraj Sukumaran also backed the Empuraan producer by resharing the post, adding a caption that read, “Ellam ok alle Anna?” (Everything’s all right, brother?).


Meanwhile, during a recent press conference, Suresh Kumar responded by stating that Antony Perumbavoor’s post was not solely his decision and hinted that others might be influencing the situation.


Antony Perumbavoor’s post read, ““I would like to say something...
This note is written because I want to express my thoughts on the open statement made by senior producer and actor Suresh Kumar regarding the Malayalam film industry last month.

As an individual, in a democratic India, he has the freedom to express his opinion. However, when representing an organization, one should present matters that are accepted and agreed upon by the majority within that organization. Only then can the majority within the organization stand by and support that opinion. Just because he was willing to publicly express matters that lacked consensus within the organization, I am also taking the same freedom to openly share my thoughts with the public.”

He further wrote, “As far as I know, the calculation of films entering the 50-crore, 100-crore, 200-crore, and 500-crore clubs in the film industry across India is based on the total gross collection. It includes the overall revenue from theaters and various other sources of income for the film. It is not based on the net profit received by the producer. This method is followed in Bollywood, Tamil, and Telugu industries as well. So, the logic behind portraying this as if only the producer benefits and then criticizing it is unclear.

Moreover, isn't it the very members of the organization he represents who promote these 100-crore and 200-crore milestones? There is nothing wrong with celebrating the fact that Malayalam films are achieving such collections in a short span and competing with much bigger films from other industries.”.