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Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 23: From small magic tricks, Malayalam superstar Mohan Lal now wants to do something daring and big.

Later this week, the actor will emulate his guru. He will be chained and lowered upside down in a metal box into a big haystack, which would then be set afire.

While some magicians say this is too risky, Mohan Lal's trainer and noted magician Gopinath Muthukad differs.

"I can definitely say that he is perfect now. He and I are confident that nothing will happen and every part is okay and that's why we announced this show," said Gopinath Muthukaad, magician.

But Muthukkad's rivals aren't satisfied. As a symbolic protest, magician Samraj took out a procession in Kochi on Tuesday but police foiled his plans of spending three hours inside a freezing mobile mortuary.

Nearly 300 magicians will petition the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes requesting it to prevent the actor from performing the 'fire escape act'. They allege Muthukkad is using Mohan Lal for cheap publicity.

"If actors and stars like Mohan Lal do these the tricks, the tricks will become public and it will affect those people who earn their livelihood doing such acts," said Samraj, magician.

"I think it's only a simple professional jealousy that's all. But Mohan Lal is a big artist and this is India anybody can learn any art form so Mohan Lal is very much fond of this magic," said Muthukkad.

Notwithstanding the controversy surrounding the event die-hard fans of Mohan Lal are quite confident that their hero is going to set this stadium on fire on Sunday with his daring magical act.