MUMBAI: Prithviraj Sukumaran's recently released Malayalam movie, Kaduva, has found itself in huge controversy owing to its representation of parents who have differently-abled children. Prithviraj took to social media to share director Shaji Kailas' apology note on his Instagram handle, writing: “Sorry. It was a mistake. We acknowledge and accept it.”

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The scenes referencing this in the movie have drawn a lot of flak not only from parents who have differently-abled children across all quarters, but the general audience, too, for its insensitive portrayal.

Director Shaji Kailas' apology note that Prithviraj Sukumaran shared reads: “The truth is that neither the screenwriter Jinu while writing such a dialogue, nor the hero Prithviraj while preparing the scene, nor I thought of other aspects of it. The only intention behind it was to convince him and the audience of the cruelty of the villain's actions.”

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“Those words that came from Prithviraj's character in this movie were also human. A perfectly ordinary man, oblivious to wrongs or their emotional implications, begs to see them as mere words uttered in a momentary fit of emotion. This does not mean that children with disabilities suffer as a result of the actions of their parents. There is never such a thing, even in our remotest thoughts,” the apology further concluded.

The entire hullabaloo began after Prithviraj's character says in the movie that differently-abled children are born that way due to the sins of their parents.

Credit: BollywoodLife