In an interview given to a youtube channel which went viral, Mohiniyattam exponent Kalamandalam Sathyabhama made several controversial remarks aganist Mohiniyattam artist RLV Ramakrishnan who is the brother of malayalam actor late Kalabhavan Mani. She also used colourist adjectives to describe male dancers saying only "fair skinned good looking men" are eligible to perform Mohiniyattam. She also added, it is disgusting to watch male dancers perform Mohiniyattam which is meant for "Mohinis" only. Skin complexions of few dancers are dark as a crow, their own mothers would not want to look at them, she remarked. This has created lots of criticism and people came in support of Ramakrishnan.