At a promotional event for PS Mithran’s Sardar 2 last week, Karthi made a comment on Malavika Mohanan that landed him in trouble.
Comparing her to Monica Bellucci, he said on stage that he had hoped the director would put her in ‘glamorous’ outfits rather than the ones she ended up wearing in the film.
Malavika responded to the backlash Karthi has received since then.
Karthi also stated that he asked Mithran to change her costume, but he kept insisting that Malavika’s character, Sara, would not dress like that. Malavika, SJ Suryah, and Ashika Ranganath are new additions to the cast. Sardar 2 will see Karthi and Rajisha Vijayan reprise their roles from the 2022 film Sardar. The film will be released in theatres on September 10.
At the pre-release event, Karthi joked that he had hoped Sardar 2 would be more like Mission Impossible. Wearing a leather jacket and riding a bike won’t suit me. Because I am a spy in a lungi. Because my fans will enjoy it, i asked.
“I am not James Bond. Lungi will suit me. He then spoke about Malavika and added, “The heroine, Malavika Mohanan , was like Monica Bellucci. I thought they would give her a glamorous costume. It was going to be a great scene. It was going to be a great film. Our fans will enjoy it. Not for me. In fact, she brought a costume. I thought it would be like Monica Bellucci. When I asked the director about this, he explained, that’s not how my Sara character is.”
So, I am a jolly character,” he said.
