ACTOR MAMMOOTTY TO AVOID DOING FILM SCENES TO PROMOTE THE USE OF LIQUOR AND DRUGS

ACTOR MAMMOOTTY

TO AVOID DOING FILM SCENES TO PROMOTE THE USE OF LIQUOR AND DRUGS

Malayalam superstar Mammootty   said on Thursday, 15th September, 2011 that he could try to avoid doing scenes that tended to promote the use of Liquor and drugs. He has produced a documentary asking people to shun liquor, and said he too would do so -- on the screen.

Mammotty's 40-second film with a message - Say No to Liquor and Say No to Drugs - was unveiled Thursday by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy."I always try to avoid such scenes but at times it becomes imperative to do it because the situation demands it," Mammootty said at the event. "From now on I will do my best to avoid such scenes which depict liquor or liquor imposed scenes," added Mammootty, the top actor of the Malayalam film industry for two decades.

Pointing to director Priyadarshan at the event, Mammootty said: "You have to ask people like him (Priyadarshan) because they ask us to do this and that. But let me tell you, I will do my best to do away with such scenes."Chandy said people should try to rid Kerala of the tag of being India's largest liquor consumer."Not long ago Kerala was known for the huge strides it made in literacy and its health status. But of late it has taken a back seat and we are now known as the top liquor consuming state.

"This has to change. We hope that promotional material like this (Mammootty's documentary) will do us a world of good," the chief minister said. According to a report, liquor sales rose to all time high of Rs.6,730.30 crore in 2010-11 from Rs.5,539.85 crore in 2009-10.

  Mr Mammootty urged that Schools and their neighborhoods should be free of drugs and Liquor intoxication increased criminal tendencies. The School authorizes should give awareness against the use of liquor and drug abuse should begin from the schools. Stringent action would be taken against sale of liquor and drugs near Schools club had been formed in Schools to campaign against the use of Liquor and drugs

                                                    Prof. John Kurakar