He took to social media and informed his fans about the incident. He shared pictures with Santhakumar and wrote (as translated), “If I am an obstacle in the meeting of your (Santhakumar’s) memories, the greatest love I can give you is to stay away from it.. That’s why I stayed away … This is not to blame anyone.. This is the truth.. Then I don’t need any organization’s freebies to remember you.”
Peradi told Manorama News, “At least three or four groups organise commemorative events of Santhan in Kozhikode and all of them had called me knowing well about the bonding I had with him. However, I decided to attend Purogamana Kala Sahithya Sangham’s programme as they had invited me first. I reached my house at Ernakulam on Wednesday after taking leave from the shooting of a Tamil film in Coimbatore. On Thursday morning, I left for Kozhikode.”