P. Sreekumar reveals why he chooses Mammootty over Mohanlal

‘He
is
the
pe so
who
cha ged
the
cou se
of
my
life’.

Acto ,
sc ee w ite ,
di ecto
a d
p oduce
P.
S eekuma
has
spoke
about
his
lo gsta di g
f ie dship
with
Malayalam
ci ema
sta s

Mammootty
a d

Moha lal.
While
he
sha es
a
close
elatio ship
with
both
acto s,
P.
S eekuma
said
his
pe so al
p efe e ce
is
Mammootty.
Speaki g
i
a
i te view
with
Ca
Media,
P.
S eekuma
explai ed
why
he
feels
pa ticula ly
co ected
to
Mammootty.

P.
S eekuma
says
Mammootty
cha ged
his
life

P.
S eekuma
said
his
elatio ship
with
Mammootty
goes
beyo d
f ie dship.
He
c edited
the
acto
with
playi g
a
impo ta t
ole
du i g
a
difficult
pe iod
i
his
life.“If
you
ask
me
whethe
I
like
Mammootty
mo e
o
Moha lal
mo e,
I
would
atu ally
choose
Mammootty.
The e
is
o
poi t
i
aski g
me
that
questio .
Mammootty
is
the
pe so
who
cha ged
the
cou se
of
my
life.
Howeve ,
Moha lal
is
like
my
ow
you ge
b othe .
He
coope ates
with
me
ve y
well,
loves
me
a d
helps
me.”

Moha lal
helped
P.
S eekuma
du i g
his
daughte ‘s
weddi g

P.
S eekuma
also
ecalled
the
close
bo d
he
sha es
with
Moha lal.
Acco di g
to
him,
thei
f ie dship
allows
them
to
speak
ope ly
about
pe so al
matte s.“Moha lal
a d
I
discuss
eve ythi g.
Whe
I
go
to
act
with
him,
the e
is
o
bou da y
sayi g
that
I
ca
o ly
go
this
fa .

Whe eve
I
am
a d
howeve
I
am
sitti g,
he
calls
me
a d
makes
me
sit
beside
him.
He
gives
me
complete
love
a d
f eedom.
Moha lal
also
fi a cially
helped
me
du i g
my
daughte ‘s
weddi g,”
P.
S eekuma
said.

Mammootty
stood
by
him
du i g
fi a cial
c isis

P.
S eekuma
the
emembe ed
a
pa ticula ly
challe gi g
stage
of
his
ca ee .
He
said
he
suffe ed
majo
fi a cial
setbacks
afte
maki g
his
fi st
two
films.
The
situatio
became
se ious
e ough
that
he
co side ed
comme cial
ci ema
as
a
way
to
ecove .
He
was
also
livi g
i
a
e ted
house
at
the
time.“I
had
become
fi a cially
devastated
afte
maki g
my
fi st
two
films.
I
had
eached
a
situatio
whe e
I
had
to
make
a
comme cial
film
just
to
su vive.
I
was
livi g
i
a
e ted
house.
It
was
at
that
poi t
that
Mammootty
lea ed
about
my
situatio ,
called
me
a d
said,
‘I
will
give
you
a
date.
Make
a
film.’
That
film
was
‘Vish u’.
He
a a ged
eve ythi g.
He
was
the
o e
who
saved
us.’”

‘Vish u’
helped
P.
S eekuma
ebuild
his
life

P.
S eekuma
said
Mammootty’s
i volveme t
i
‘Vish u’
was
i te ded
to
help
him
ove come
his
fi a cial
difficulties.
He
ecalled
that
Mammootty
wa ted
him
to
ea
e ough
f om
the
p oject
to
ebuild
his
life.“His
i te tio
was
that
I
should
make
some
mo ey
f om
the
film
a d
build
a
house.
He
did
it
thi ki g
that
I
should
come
out
of
that
difficult
situatio .
It
happe ed
exactly
as
he
had
i te ded.
We
ma aged
to
ecove .”P.
S eekuma
also
emembe ed
a
disag eeme t
i volvi g
the
climax
of
‘Vish u’.
He
said
the
issue
co ce ed
the
sce e
i
which
Mammootty’s
cha acte
is
ha ged.“The e
was
a
diffe e ce
of
opi io
towa ds
the
e d
of
the
film,
at
the
sce e
whe e
Mammootty
is
ha ged.
Still,
the
film
ma aged
to
come
th ough.”

Mammootty’s
suppo t
led
P.
S eekuma
towa ds
acti g

P.
S eekuma
believes
‘Vish u’
became
a
impo ta t
tu i g
poi t
i
his
p ofessio al
jou ey.
The
expe ie ce
helped
him
ecove
fi a cially
a d
eve tually
e cou aged
him
to
focus
mo e
o
acti g.“It
was
afte
that
that
I
tu ed
towa ds
acti g,
sta ted
maki g
mo ey
a d
bought
back
the
thi gs
I
had
lost.”
He
the
offe ed
his
most
emotio al
desc iptio
of
Mammootty’s
ole
i
his
life.“Fo
me,
Mammootty
was
like
Jesus
Ch ist
comi g
i to
the
wo ld,
placi g
his
ha d
o
my
head
a d
blessi g
me.
Mammootty
has
helped
me
whe eve
I
eeded
it.”The
acto
has
wo ked
i
film
a d
televisio
du i g
his
ca ee .
He
has
appea ed
i
mo e
tha
150
movies
a d
has
also
bee
i volved
i
filmmaki g
i
diffe e t
capacities.
O
the
othe
ha d,
Mammootty
a d
Moha lal
ece tly
appea ed
togethe
i
‘Pat iot,’
which
eceived
mixed
eviews.

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