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Director General of Police (DGP)-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor R. Sreelekha connected Tuesday raised plagiarism allegations against the makers of 2 Malayalam films.
In a Facebook post, the Sasthamangalam councillor alleged that the halfway thought of the films Dridam and Bhoothakalam are lifted from stories and videos she had shared successful her societal media timeline successful the past.
“I watched the movie Dridam due to the fact that it is simply a constabulary story. It would not beryllium incorrect to accidental that the archetypal communicative of this movie is simply a abbreviated communicative Karingudi Police Station that I wrote a fewer years agone and published successful the Mathrubhumi Magazine. I person besides narrated this communicative arsenic an audio communicative connected my YouTube channel,” she wrote.
She further alleged that the thought of the 2022 movie Bhoothakalam was stolen from an acquisition she shared connected her transmission 3 years ago. “Even the rubric is similar. I titled my communicative arsenic Bhootha Bhavanam,” she wrote.
Director refutes charges
Rejecting the allegations, Martin Joseph, manager of Dridam, told mediapersons that his movie has nary transportation to Ms. Sreelekha’s story. “People who person watched the movie volition cognize that it has thing to bash with this story. I spoke to screenwriters Jomon John and Linto Devasia, who besides said they were watching the video for the archetypal time,” helium said.
Dridam revolves astir the communicative of a rookie policeman, played by Shane Nigam, who arrives astatine a agrarian outpost successful the hills, wherever a bid of horrific crimes puts him nether pressure. The film, which was released past month, had its OTT merchandise past week.
Directed by Rahul Sadasivan, Bhoothakalam, starring Revathy and Shane Nigam, is simply a critically acclaimed fearfulness movie connected the ordeal that a parent and son, some with intelligence wellness issues, faces successful their rented house.
