Days after its launch, Malayalam movie Kaduva has landed in controversy over sure inappropriate dialogues towards differently-abled individuals following which its director Shaji Kailas and lead actor Prithviraj Sukumaran tendered an apology on Sunday.
In a scene within the film which was launched on July 7, the protagonist performed by Prithviraj was seen making inappropriate feedback towards differently-abled individuals and their dad and mom.
Following enormous backlash on social media over the film dialogue, Parivaar, an affiliation of oldsters of youngsters with mental and developmental disabilities, had moved the State Commission for Persons with Disabilities.
The State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has issued notices to filmmaker Shaji Kailas and producers Supriya Menon and Listin Stephen in search of an evidence for the derogatory dialogues.
Meanwhile, Kailas took to Facebook and tendered a ”heartfelt apology” relating to the matter.
”I tender a heartfelt apology for the remarks that harm the dad and mom of in another way abled youngsters within the film Kaduva, directed by me. That dialogue within the film was a mistake. I might request everybody to forgive me because it was human error. Neither did scriptwriter Jinu who penned the dialogue, nor did actor Prithviraj, nor I, who shot the scene, realised its doable connotations,” Kailas wrote in his Facebook submit.
Sharing Shaji Kailas’ submit, Prithviraj additionally posted an apology on Facebook. ”Sorry. It was a mistake. We acknowledge and settle for it,” the actor wrote.