After widespread criticism, GP and Pearle Maaney explain their reasons for doing the controversial song
A still from Thengakkola song
Govind Padmasoorya aka GP and Pearle Maaney, anchors of the recently-concluded dance reality show D4Dance may never have imagined that a funny song they did for the grand finale would fetch them harsh criticism from the public. As part of the show gimmick, they did two videos — a romantic remake of the popular song Suno Na Sang Mar Mar and a peppy number Thengakkola Mangatholi. However, forgetting the good song, everybody lashed out at the funny song and the duo after it went viral.
According to them, people have been criticising it without understanding the context of the song. “It is purely a misunderstanding. During the finale, we didn’t get any bad response. But, when uploaded in YouTube, non-regular viewers thought that it was a song done by us and started criticising us,” they say.
“We had done crazy shots in the regular episodes. The song was also like that. We were told to make a good song and a funny, low-quality song for the programme. We did our task well and the regular viewers of D2 got the context right,” they say. GP is not much worried about the happenings as he had been the victim of trolling sites before. “I take it positively, but Pearle is not used to it,” he says, adding that the Thengakola song was not a sudden idea. “We have mentioned about our plans to make such a video for the finale in the previous episodes of D2. Many regular D2 viewers had even requested me to upload the video. So, it was a planned attempt. We wrote the lyrics. It was I who briefed the audience to remain silent once the song got over to mark the entry of Sreejith, on the finale day.”
Pearle was away with her next movie’s shooting when all these happened. Though she felt a bit low after reading the comments, later she realised that it was a lesson and faced it putting an apology in Facebook. “GP had told me not to read the comments. But, I went through them and I was sad to see people targeting my family, friends and GP. That is then I put a sorry note in Facebook. Saying sorry does not hurt my ego,” she says. “I thought it would come out as a funny video and people would enjoy it. The negative response from the crowd was totally unexpected. But, as soon as I put the apology note, many came forward to console me. And I don’t think Malayali audience is in any way less than others,” she says.
Does she regret for doing the song? “I don’t regret doing this. But, I regret for not explaining the context properly when it was uploaded in YouTube.” They believe that people will understand it correctly when the show is re-telecast.
( Source : elizabeth thomas )
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