EXCLUSIVE: Malavika Mohanan states actors are credited for a film’s success and actresses are blamed for its failure in South Indian film industries

Malavika Mohanan is a South Indian film actress who has primarily worked in Tamil and Malayalam films. The actress – the daughter of famous cinematographer KU Mohanan, was recently seen in the Bollywood actioner Yudhra co-starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Raghav Juyal. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, the ‘Thangalaan’ actress reveals that female actors are comparatively more replaceable than male actors in some South Indian film industries. She also opens up about the expensive gift-receiving culture.

Malavika Mohanan on expensive gifts

When asked if South cinema has a similar culture of gifting expensive gifts such as cars, and watches, during wedding season, Malavika said, “Where do you get such gifts, please give me some too. Nobody has ever given me such gifts. The culture of gifting someone exists everywhere, but you only get a gift when you have made a super hit film. It’s when the producer wants to get into the good books of the hero, they would gift them something expensive such as a car or something you know. Honestly, heroines don’t get anything. They don’t want to keep us happy. The female actors are considered to be more replaceable.”

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Malavika Mohanan on why female actors are called unlucky

During the same conversation, Malavika Mohanan disclosed that female actors don’t get as much importance as male actors and are called unlucky if the films arent a superhit. The Yudhra actress said, “No, I mean you get it but you also don’t get it. However, there is a general notion that female actors are more replaceable more than male actors. Male actors have bankability, you know his last picture made about 200 to 300 crore that factor is always there.”

She further revealed the one thing that amuses and annoys her about the film industry. She said, “If the movie is a hit, they will say it is because of the actor. And if the film doesn’t do well, it will be because of the female actor or that she is unlucky. And this happens a lot, I have seen this happening in multiple industries. It is a big thing, in certain South Indian industries it is very common.”

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