I didn’t ask Mohanlal to move to Pakistan; he is my favourite actor : M Swaraj

Superstar Mohanlal’s blog supporting the demonetisation move by the central government earned him lot of flak from people belonging to many walks of the society. MLA M Swaraj criticised Mohanlal for his blog and called it a foolish act from his part to support demonetisation.

Swaraj recently in a media interaction said that his criticism against Mohanlal was on healthy grounds. He said, “I didn’t ask Mohanlal to move to Pakistan or ask him to stop acting. I respect his opinion but I pointed out that his stand was wrong and foolish. Malayali viewers have enjoyed his comdey and foolishness on screen but when it happens off screen, it is a very serious issue. I criticised Mohanlal’s stand and like that he has the right to reply back.”

Mohanlal was criticised severely for making some controversial remarks in his blog. The actor had compared people standing in queues in liquor shops, theatres and in religious centres to those who are sweating it out at the long queues for withdrawing their money from banks and ATMs. Politicians like VD Satheesan and MM Mani also criticised Mohanlal for his stand in the issue without understanding the hardships faced by the common men of the country.