'Sreenivasan apologised to Mohanlal for past remarks,' reveals Dhyan Sreenivasan

Actor Dhyan Sreenivasan has recently revealed that his father, veteran actor and filmmaker Sreenivasan, personally apologised to Mohanlal for his past remarks. Speaking at an event organised by the Mohanlal Fans Association abroad, Dhyan said his father expressed his regret while meeting Mohanlal on the sets of ‘Hridayapoorvam’ after many years.

“On the set of Hridayapoorvam, when my father met Lal sir after a long time, he told him, ‘Did my comments hurt you, Lal? Please forgive me.’ Lal sir smiled and replied, ‘Srini, let it go.’ I don’t think anyone else in the world would have such a large heart,” Dhyan said. Dhyan went on to praise Mohanlal’s humility and grace in handling criticism.

“I’ve often wondered why we don’t celebrate Mohanlal the human being as much as we celebrate Mohanlal the actor. We can never be actors like him, but if we try, perhaps we can be human beings like him,” he said.

Referring to Sreenivasan’s earlier comments about the actor, Dhyan said Mohanlal had faced several criticisms over the years but chose silence over confrontation.

“When he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and we felicitated him, he said something remarkable—that we have praised him to the skies and pulled him down to the ground as well. Yet, he never responded to any of it. He has the strength to turn negativity into positivity and forgive everything,” Dhyan noted. He added that his long-cherished dream is to make a film featuring both his father and Mohanlal together.