L2: Empuraan Producer On Removing Scenes From Mohanlal Starrer: 'Joint Decision, Not Out Of Fear'

Kochi/New Delhi: Two days after Malayalam superstar Mohanlal assured that the controversial portions from his recently-released film 'L2: Empuraan' would be removed, its producer Antony Perumbavoor on Tuesday said that a little over two minutes of scenes have been deleted from the movie. Reacting to a query regarding the film, Union Minister of State for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Tourism Suresh Gopi termed the deletions as "commercially motivated drama". However, in an apparent response to Ravi's claim, Perumbavoor said that everyone, including Mohanlal, were aware of the film's story. On March 27, the day of the movie's release, the Sangh Parivar vehemently criticised the film on social media, while the Congress and Left platforms celebrated the film for portraying the right-wing politics as "villainous".