Two recent functions involving Film Actors and Kerala Government has caught attention for in one function Kerala Government to mark end of extreme poverty in the State held again in Capital and had Mammootty as Chief guest. Total expenses for this function was Rs 1.5 crore.. The first was the function held in Capital city to felicitate Mohanlal for getting Dada saheb Phalke award. The award carried a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs but cash starved Kerala Goverbment spend Rs 2 crores for function.
Other invitees Mohanlal and Kamal Haasan did not attend. CPM blasted media especially newspapers for not acknowledging an historic event by writing Editorial pieces. Malayala Manorama Kerala No 1 newspaper got Kamal Haasan to write about extreme poverty eradication move of Kerla Government and had it published in the Edit page of the Daily. Mammooty plain talk at the function was not digestable to many hardcore CPM cadres.
The Kerala government approved ₹2 crore (20 million Indian rupees) for the special felicitation event titled "Malayalam Vaanolam, Lal Salaam" held in Thiruvananthapuram to honour actor Mohanlal after he received the national Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
The total estimated cost requested by the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) was ₹2.84 crore, but the government sanctioned ₹2 crore. The event was organized jointly by the Cultural Affairs Department, KSFDC, Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, and the Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board. A portion of the funds, specifically ₹1 crore, was reallocated from the budget for the 'Vajra Jubilee Fellowship' for young artists.
wasThe article, written by Kamal Haasan published on November 7, 2025, is titled "പുരോഗതി അളക്കാൻ കേരള മാർഗം" (Kerala's way to measure progress) and discusses the Kerala development model, which he praises for prioritizing the well-being of the majority over mere economic indicators.
Read; https://southfilmy.blogspot.com/2025/11/mammootty-speech-irks-marxists-as-lal.html
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