Actor-scripter
Sreenivasan
addressed
the
media
on
Wednesday
after
the
preview
of
Atmakatha,
his
latest
film
scheduled
for
release
on
August
20.
He
criticised
the
superstars
who
don't
bother
about
the
erosion
of
their
star
value.
He
said,
“Superstars
were
not
bothered
about
the
erosion
of
their
star
value,
even
if
their
films
flopped
at
the
box
office
consecutively.
If
eight
films
flopped
in
a
row,
they
would
think
that
their
ninth
movie
will
be
a
hit
with
the
craft
of
a
talented
director.
With
this
tactical
manoeuvre
they
continue
the
practice
of
retaining
stardom,
forgetting
the
failure
of
all
the
eight."
The
growing
trend
of
selecting
actors
having
star
value
and
getting
the
call
sheet
and
then
release
the
film
within
a
time
frame,
that
is
too
according
to
their
whims
and
fancies
spoils
the
industry.
These
type
of
films
will
neither
have
a
story
nor
a
screen
play.
AMMA
has
never
put
any
ban
on
any
member
including
Thilakan.
He
denied
the
allegations
made
by
Thilakan.
“I
am
a
member
of
both
AMMA
and
FEFKA.
But
that
does
not
imply
those
Associations
have
the
right
to
interfere
in
my
personal
freedom.
But
being
a
member
I
respect
them
with
tinged
awe.
I
fear
that
the
industry
would
ban
me
for
speaking
the
truth
and
it
won't
support
me
in
times
of
a
crisis," he
said.
“There
is
no
point
of
adapting
Tamil
and
Telugu
Masala
style
in
Malayalam
since
our
audience
are
reserved
and
not
interested
to
watch
vulgar
scenes.
Our
films
had
earned
reputation
not
for
big
budget
Masala
films
but
for
aesthetic
value.
Lack
of
good
producers
with
creativity
seem
to
be
driving
Malayalam
cinema
backwards.
Fewer
producers
are
there
like
T.
E.
Vasudevan,
M.O.
Joseph
and
Hari
Pothan
who
had
showed
the
courage
to
make
good
films," he
added.