Actress Manju Pathrose REVEALS painful experience shooting Mammootty’s ‘Utopiayile Rajavu’: “I cried a lot, didn’t like the costume”

Actress Manju Pathrose has candidly revealed that her experience working in the Mammootty-starrer ‘Utopiayile Rajavu’ was far from joyful. In a recent interview with Kaumudi Movies, Manju said she was deeply unhappy on set, largely because of issues related to her costume.

“I can’t predict what will become a controversy, but I can’t lie — so I have to say, I didn’t enjoy doing 'Utopiayile Rajavu'.

I completed that shoot with a lot of sadness and tears,” she confessed.“I cried so much and said I wouldn’t wear it”Manju, who was still new to the film industry at the time, explained that she initially focused more on costumes than character details. She played the role of a maid in the film and was told her costumes would be sarees and nighties.

However, when she arrived on set, the team had prepared a mundu and blouse — the blouse, she says, had been altered to have an extremely wide neckline. “I cried so much and said I wouldn’t wear it,” she recalled. “Even if you look at the film now, you’ll see I pulled the blouse up as much as possible.

I was so scared to bend down.” Manju added that it was an emotionally difficult project, one she doesn’t even remember fully. She admitted that after the film’s release, she never went to watch it in theaters.

“Everyone says Mammootty has a lot of attitude”

Despite her struggles on set, Manju spoke warmly about Mammootty, the film’s lead star. She rejected common perceptions that Mammootty is an arrogant figure. “Everyone says Mammootty has a lot of attitude, but that’s not true. He’s a down-to-earth person who gives value to others. Honestly, I have a little extra fondness for him,” she shared.