India, Nov. 22 -- Union Minister and actor Suresh Gopi recently attended an event where he was honoured by the Manorama News Newsmaker award. At the event, he was asked about the controversy surrounding L2 Empuraan and his name being removed from the thank-you card after 17 cuts were made to the film over its depiction of the 2002 Gujarat riots. Here's what he said. (Also Read: Prithviraj Sukumaran breaks silence on L2 Empuraan Gujarat riots row: 'Don't need to invest crores on political stance')

Suresh spoke about L2 Empuraan at the event, and OnManorama translated what he said as, "I assisted the team in securing necessary permissions before the film, including for its censorship. Without these approvals, the movie would've been stalle...