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The Hill Palace constabulary successful Kochi connected Wednesday arrested a filmmaker connected charges of transgression breach of trust. Shamsudheen, who directed the movie Abhilasham, was arrested based connected a ailment filed by the film’s producer, Ann Sariga Antony, a nonmigratory of Nadama, adjacent Thripunithura.
Ms. Antony, the managing spouse of Second Show Productions, alleged that she suffered losses amounting to ₹4 crore owed to the actions of the manager and others associated with the project.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), dated February 2, 2026, the manager had assured the shaper that the movie could beryllium completed wrong a fund of ₹2.25 crore. However, the complainant alleged that the accumulation was deliberately delayed, causing an further expenditure of ₹1 crore. It has besides been alleged that hard disks containing the film’s last enactment were misused and the completed maestro people was taken into the director’s possession, with the assistance of others, without the producer’s consent. As per the FIR, the complainant has claimed this caused nonstop fiscal nonaccomplishment of ₹97 lakh and an anticipated concern nonaccomplishment of ₹2 crore.
The accused person been charged with transgression breach of trust, cheating and transgression intimidation arsenic good arsenic nether applicable sections of The Copy Right Act and Cinematograph Act.
Crew members Mohammed Bilal, Mohammed Salman, Bilal Rasheed and Nimal Naseer, and organisation institution Qube Cinema Technologies person besides been named accused successful the case.
