Former DGP R Sreelekha slams Mohanlal’s L2 Empuraan for violence, politics: ‘Needed to go away the theatre’
Apr 09, 2025 01:48 PM IST
Former DGP R Sreelekha posted a video on YouTube after watching Mohanlal and Prithviraj Sukumaran’s L2 Empuraan. This is what she mentioned.
Former DGP R Sreelekha reviewed Mohanlal and Prithviraj Sukumaran’s L2 Empuraan on her YouTube and slammed the movie for violence and politics. In response to an OnManorama report, the ex-IPS officer claimed the movie ‘sends a improper message to folks’. (Additionally Learn: ₹101 crore”>L2 Empuraan field workplace assortment day 13: Mohanlal’s movie grip stays agency, makes ₹101 crore)
Sreelekha on L2 Empuraan
Sreelekha reportedly mentioned on her YouTube channel that she determined to observe L2 Empuraan as a result of she loved the 2019 prequel Lucifer. Nevertheless, she was sad with the movie as a result of it ‘tried to spark communal tensions’ by ‘misrepresenting the 2002 Gujarat riots’. Sreelekha additionally identified the makers’ hypocrisy whereby Mohanlal’s character calls ‘narcotics a grimy enterprise’ but in addition ‘continuously murders folks’ to cease mentioned enterprise.
Because the report translated, she mentioned in Malayalam, “Empuraan might be one of many most-hyped motion pictures in latest instances. I didn’t need to watch it and needed to go away the theatre midway by way of. Folks criticised Marco for its violent scenes. However nobody’s calling out the glorified violence on this movie that impacts children and society generally.” She additionally claimed to love Mohanlal, calling Prithviraj a ‘good actor’.
She then added that Mohanlal’s latest movies have ‘upset her’ as she was as soon as a police officer. She additionally mentioned she feels ‘unhappy’ watching him play criminals or smugglers. Sreelekha had watched the movie earlier than it was re-edited, so she known as out some scenes, stating, “There are a number of scenes depicting violence in opposition to ladies and kids. These scenes are intentionally included to misrepresent the politics in Kerala.”
For the unversed, Sreelekha is the primary girl IPS officer from Kerala, she retired in 2020 because the Director Basic of the Kerala Hearth And Rescue Companies after three a long time of service.
About L2 Empuraan
Sreelekha is just not the primary individual to criticise the scenes depicting violence and politics in L2 Empuraan. Lower than per week after its launch on March 27, the movie’s producers had opted to both minimize or tweak scenes within the movie, together with altering the villain’s identify. Regardless of the controversy, the movie has collected over ₹250 crore worldwide on the field workplace and is the highest-grossing Malayalam movie.
