One of Srinivasan’s most popular films is Ponmutayidunna Thaarao released in 1988. Urvashi, Innocent, KPAC Lalitha and Jayaram played the lead roles in the film. Mohanlal was originally considered for the role of Thattan Bhaskaran. But later this decision was changed. Srinivasan’s earlier words about this are going viral again. His words are, Raghunath Paleri’s screenplay is a movie called Ponmutayedunna Thaarao. When he wrote the script, he wanted to direct it himself. He intended Mohanlal to act as the hero then. I was the character returning from Dubai. Later it was done by Jayaram. But for some reason Raghu could not direct that film.
It was years later that Sathyan Anthikad heard this story and decided to make it into a film. According to Raghu’s opinion, Sathyan also decided to cast Mohanlal as the hero. There were many discussions with the written script. Innocent hears this story as he goes on. Innocent said that Mohanlal does not feel the need to act as Thattan in this story. Looking at what the audience expects from Mohanlal, he will be a heavyweight. The audience will expect more story. Innocent said, “I think Srinivasan would be better for this.” Naturally, Raghunath and Satyan Anthikad started thinking differently. That’s how I come to film.
At the same time, Srinivasan said that he still remembers how people enjoyed every scene in the theater. The actor was speaking on Kairali TV. Raghunath Paleri is the person who wrote the screenplays for many films like Mazavilkavadi, Pingami etc.
