Thilakan has right to criticise, says Dileep

Wednesday, July 25, 2012: Actor Dileep, who won the Kerala state best actor award 2011 for ‘Vellaripravinte Changathi’, says he had portrayed the role of an ill-fated actor truthfully and to the best of his ability.


When asked about veteran actor Thilakan’s criticism that his performance was only a ‘mimicry’ act and the award should have gone to Mohanlal for his role in ‘Pranayam’, Dileep said Thilakan is a very senior and great actor, while he was just a beginner compared to him. “I have seen my seniors act and have learnt from them,” he said.


On new generation films doing very well, he said it was good that different types of films were coming out and were being welcomed by the people. Asked about National award winner Salim Kumar’s view that ‘Pranayam’ was a copy of an Australian film, he said everyone has a freedom of expression.


“Salim Kumar is a close friend and I have discussed this with him personally. But throwing mud at each other is not the right thing to do”, he said.