Dulquer Salmaan defends Solo after film's climax receives widespread flak
Mumbai: Dulquer Salmaan, inarguably second only to Mohanlal, his superstar father's contemporary in Kerala, has an enviable fan following across the country.
The actor, whose latest release is the highly anticipated 'Solo,' Bejoy Nambiar's Malayalam-Tamil bilingual, had a big release after a month long promotional period.
Solo, one of the most experimental films of DQ's career, is an anthology of four shorts, based on different variants of Hindu God Shiva's personalities.
However, the fourth short, World of Shiva, had come in for a lot of flak, after many people found the unexpected climax to be 'unintentionally funny'.
So much so that the producers were forced to tweak the film and edit out a few scenes. Director Bejoy Nambiar, visibly dejected, took to Twitter to reveal that this had been done sans his knowledge.
For all those asking about the changed ending. It has been done without my knowledge and consent.Good or Bad I stand by the film I made.
— Bejoy Nambiar (@nambiarbejoy) October 8, 2017
Now Dulquer, always known to avoid controversies, himself took to his social media feeds, to write a heartfelt note, urging his fans to give the film a fair chance at the box-office.
Well, despite the criticism, the film is still enjoying a fair run at the box-office, which is courtesy the star's stardom and fan pull across the state.
However, it remains to be seen if this might affect the film in the longer run.
