Sanal pointed out that a specific line from his original screenplay—“If you kill, it’s a sin; if you eat, it’s cleansed”—has appeared in 'Thudarum', despite having no contextual relevance.

Sanal also countered that he was arrested in 2022, while the film was completed in 2021, questioning the delay. “Tovino is very concerned about my mental state in live.

KOCHI: Filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan — arrested under charges of stalking actor Manju Warrier — was granted bail by the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Aluva on Friday afternoon ...