Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his cabinet colleague T. Radhakrishnan on Saturday visited superstar Mohanlal, who was smarting after the backlash over the poor performance of his new band Lalisom.
The visit was meant to pacify the actor who on Thursday returned a cheque for Rs16.3 million (Dh964,828) to the organisers of the ongoing National Games, which he got for his band’s debut performance at the opening ceremony of the Games, held in the state capital on January 31.
“He said in the coming days he will inform us how that money should be utilised. He has already returned the cheque and once we get to know from him on how that money should be used, we will deposit the cheque into that account,” Radhakrishnan said.
Chandy had already given a clean chit to Mohanlal and said that the government was pained to see that the actor faced flak for participating in a programme for the government.
As the musical programme began, the audience at the venue felt that it was of poor quality. Those who watched the programme live on TV also had the same opinion.
Soon a massive social media campaign started forcing the superstar to return the money that he was given as expenses for the event.
With this new development, it appears that both the government and the actor feel relieved that the issue has been sorted out.
