Mammootty is one of the most renowned actors in the Malayalam Industry remains in news for different reasons. He is leaving no stone unturned in promoting the film. Christopher. In one of the promotional event the actor’s comment led him in trouble. The actor recently became the center of controversy due to his ‘black-white.
South Star’s film Christopher has recently hit the theatre screen. He has been called out by some on Twitter for his casual racist remark. A video of Mammotty is doing rounds on all over social media. In the viral video Mammootty is seen casually joking with his co-star Aishwarya about his skin color. He says that she could have called him “white” sugar instead of addressing him as jaggery, which is made of "black" karipetti.
As soon as the video caught the attention of people that started commenting on it. One user wrote, “Colourism in our society is so deep-rooted and normalized. In this clip, #Mammootty can be seen casually cracking such colorist jokes. Most of his supporters may think it's harmless, but something like this shouldn't be normal, especially coming from someone like Mammootty.” Another wrote, “Racism is deeply rooted among the people as well. That's the reason you rarely find dark skinned heroes, especially heroines.” “Especially someone, who's often associated with the word 'updation',".
On the professional front, Mammootty’s ‘Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam’ was a critically acclaimed film. In the latest film he is all set to play cop. He has also played cop in Yavanika, Avanazhi, Inspector Balram and Balram vs. Tharadas, The Truth, Kasaba, Unda and not to mention the CBI officer in a record 5 sequels to Oru CBI Diary Kuripu are names that have become part of the Malayalam film industry lexicon.
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