Will Mammooty- Parvathy’s Puzhu get a theatrical release in Tamil Nadu ?. This question has cropped up after actress Parvathy T questioned the ONV award given to lyricist Vairamuthu by a panel headed by Internationally renowned film director Adoor Gopalkrishnan. Adoor defended the decision saying that the award was for the literary contribution. Parvathy said that choosing between art and humanity, she would plump for the latter. Meanwhile Omar lulu who has directed commercial films and got noticed through his film Oru Adar love for the famous wink by one of the heroines has asked Parvathy whether she would citing the same humanity consideration compensate the producer of Malayalam film My Story , as it suffered losses due to her hate speech then.Recently, Mohanlal had called Omar and told him that he loved the new version of Mapilla song Mahiyil Maha’ by Peer Mohammed. The video album ‘Jaana Mere Jaana’ sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan, featuring Dubai-based social media influencers Ajmal Khan and Jumana Khan has got over 3.5 million views in YouTube within just two weeks of its release.
Vairamuthu was named by singer Chinmayi in the MeToo campaign. After that she has been sidelined by the music industry and also the dubbing union ( she dubs for Telugu films). She being a member of the union fought a battle against the Union President Radha Ravi and found to her dismay that she was had even forfeited her right to vote in the union poll. The music industry too seems to have developed a touch me not attitude to her. Her supporters on social media are campaigning for her come back.
In this backdrop, Parvathy who questioned the rationale of giving a literary award to a person named of sexual misconduct has raised the hackles of Tamil filmdom. The talk is that her Malayalam outing with Mammooty titled Puzhu might not get distributors. Though there is no official word on it, the buzz has spread in Kodambakkam. The film is produced by Dulquar Salman. Mammooty’s films have a decent draw at the TN box office. His recent film One , a political thriller set inKerala’s political backdrop, did good business when released. Right from CBI Diary Kurripu ( ran for a year) onwards and his straight Tamil outings have all been accepted well by the Tamil audience.
Parvathy had blasted the misogynist dialogue mouthed by Mammooty in Kasaba and that she is now paired opposite him in Puzhu , for the first time.. Mammooty had also supported her and Revathy who asked for changes in the byelaws of actors body AMMA. Later Parvathy resigned from AMMA citing that the remark by its secretary on whether Bhawana would act in the film to be produced by the association was in bad taste. She asked others to quit the AMMA - I urge every member to see that it’s a hazy bubble of “welfare” that’s wrapped around a core of corrupt morals (sic).". Manju Warrier who is heading Womens Collective, a body of women in cinema too had earlier quit AMMA. She recently acted opposite Mammooty for the first time in The Priest.
Parvathy who made her Tamil debut with Poo had acteed in Dhanush film Maryan. She shocked many when replying to a query answered that she had heard of the actor till she was offered the film. Similarly at a debate on misogynism in cinema cited Arjun Reddy with its hero Vijay Devargonda being one of the participants.
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