Nun's issue:Mohanlal apologises for emotional reaction to

: Actor Mohanlal Sunday apologised for his emotional reaction to a journalist who had sought his comments on the protests by a group of nuns, demanding the arrest of a Bishop facing rape charges.

In a Facebook post, the 'Vanaprastham' actor said his remarks were not intended to hurt any individual, institution or journalism.

"If my reply had hurt the individual who raised the question, please accept my apology considering me as your elder brother," he said.

The incident had happened Saturday when Mohanlal was in Kochi as part of sending flood relief material to the affected regions under the banner of 'ViswaSanthi Foundation', an NGO named after his parents.

When a reporter asked him about his stand on the ongoing nun's protest issue, the emotionally-charged actor had asked "Aren't you ashamed to ask such unnecessary questions while talking about such a good deed?"