Production controller Rajan Manakad spoke in an interview with Master Bin that there have been attempts from the stars to keep Dileep out of the film industry. He acted very interestingly in the film. It seems that only Dileep can do that role. Harishree Ashokan, Janardhan and others gave good performances. They will all get out of hand. If you put it like that, it won’t be over. The directors were also sure of that. That film was made at the cost of crores of rupees. The producer of Ilamurathampuran survived because of the profit from it. That means he survived through PunjabiHouse’s collection. Rajan Manakad clarifies that without it, the producer would have suffered
Even today I believe that the roles given to Dileep are what he can do. Not all police characters suit him. But if you see Prithviraj, it is there. The films that Dileep selects are the films in which he can perform. Every movie is an example of that. It is not clear to us whether Pulli made a mistake regarding Dileep or not. But some things went to him. That’s why everyone sees him as guilty. It affected the film career in a good way. There was a time when Dileep was an assistant director. I still see the same Dileep that I saw then. He will remember us all
