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Movie News: Director Sajan has come forward to confess how he lost the chance to work with the actor Mohanlal after his film ‘Geetham’. ‘Geetham’, featuring Mammootty as the lead character, was written by SN Swamy.
Geetha, Sreevidya, Thilakan, Innocent, and Mala Aravindan also played major characters in the movie.
“While doing the film, I felt it would be good if Mohanlal played an important character in the film. Although that character had very few scenes in the film, Mammootty too felt that it would be good if Mohanlal played that character. Following this, I approached Mohanlal and he agreed to do the role,” said Sajan.
“I brought Mohanlal into the film through Century Kochumon. They both are close friends. Lal, who was shooting for another film in Kottayam, reached Kochi every morning and acted in Geetham. One day, Mammootty asked me to omit an important scene of Mohanlal from the film. The scene features Mammootty throwing away a liquor bottle in anger and Mohanlal turning away and replying ‘It is too bad’. Mammootty felt that if that scene was shown that way, his performance would lose its impact. He insisted on cutting that scene and I had no choice but to cut that scene,” he said.
“Later, when Lal came for the dubbing, he asked me where that particular scene was. I had a hard time giving him an appropriate reply. Then Swamy told him the scene was omitted. Lal, who understood everything, simply said, ‘Okay okay good’. After completing the dubbing, he asked me if anything was left, to which I replied ‘no’. Before leaving, Mohanlal told me, ‘We will not work together anymore.'”
“I realized that Mohanlal was pained because of this decision to delete the scene. I was perturbed too. At the same time, I could not have continued the shooting of the film by hewing to Mammootty, as he was the hero of the film.”.
“Although I approached Lal several times after that, he could not say ‘Yes’ to do the film. I thus lost the opportunity to work with that great actor. He did not work with me in films, but attended a couple of private functions accepting my invitation. I did not lose my friendship with Lal,” Sajan said.
