Bad news for Mohanal as Malayalam director Sanal Sasidharan alleges plagiarism in ‘Thudarum’
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan claimed that he had pitched his story to Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas and Sudheer Karamana to play crucial roles. However, the film was shelved for unknown reasons.
Malayalam filmmaker Sanal Sasidharan has accused the makers of Mohanlal movie ‘Thudarum’ of allegedly plagiarising the screenplay of his but-to-be-released movie ‘Theeyattam’. ‘Thudarum’, directed by Tharun Moorthy, is believed of amongst the a success Malayalam movies of this year. In a lengthy Fb put up, director Sasidharan accused the makers of Thudarum of plagiarising the screenplay of his movie Theeyattam, which he wrote in 2020.
His social media put up, written in Malayalam, loosely interprets as “I seen the movie Thudarum. It’s made by stealing the skeleton of my screenplay, Theeyattam, which I wrote in 2020. The core of it stays safe, both because they (the makers of Thudarum) lacked the intelligence to worship its essence or because they deliberately avoided it of their are attempting to rewrite it unrecognisably.”
Sasidharan claimed that his legend revolved round an auto-rickshaw driver named Ambi who used to be framed by the police after any individual dedicated execute inside of his vehicle. This issue, he acknowledged, bears similarity to Mohanlal’s ‘Thudarum’. Offering evidence for the alleged plagirism of his screenplay, the director acknowledged that makers of ‘Thudarum’ “unnecessarily” historic one of his dialogues in the movie, which he considers a necessary “depart-up” from the makers. “A essential dialogue from my screenplay, ‘Konnaal paapam thinnaal theerum’ (a proverb which arrangement, ‘the sin of killing is absolved on ingesting’) is historic on this movie no topic being fully pointless. Even educated thieves, educated at stealing without leaving a slightly, can neglect themselves attributable to obvious whims. I felt the usage of this dialogue used to be one such depart-up,” he explained as he levelled allegations against the makers of ‘Thudarum’.
Sanal Kumar Sasidharan also claimed that he had pitched his legend to Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas and Sudheer Karamana to play essential roles. Nonetheless, the movie used to be shelved for unknown reasons.
The filmmaker acknowledged that he'll part his ‘Theeyattam’ screenplay on Fb in squawk that folks can survey the similarities.”
All of them contain be taught the screenplay. Since 5 years is a protracted length, it’s potential that they may contain forgotten about it. I will be publishing my screenplay right here rapidly,” he concluded his pronounce.
Sanal Sasidharan is identified for his movies, including S Durga, Chola and Vazhakku.As for ‘Thudarum’, the movie used to be a blockbuster on the sphere scheme of enterprise. This minimal budget movie earned over Rs 150 crore worldwide.
What's Your Reaction?
