This actress made some shocking revelations about film industry and named a film producer who works in…
During an interview with Onmanorama, actress-producer Sandra Thomas made a revelation about the Malayalam film industry's narcotics business. She also mentioned it as one of the most sensitive issues that now huge production houses and their producers are making a specially curated budget for its utilization on the film sets. Meanwhile, Sandra has specifically called out the film producer Listin Stephen, who predominantly works in the Malayalam and Tamil industries. Sandra has claimed that Listin was aware of the narcotics problems on the movie set, but he refused to address this heinous issue. Both Men & Women Are Dealing With This Issue
Furthermore, Sandra has also said that this problem is not just limited to men but now women are also getting lured into this ugly trap and some of the producers who are trying to get rid of this issue are keeping their mouths shut so that the actor or actresses reputation does not get ruin because if this happens their projects might get stop or shelved. Sandra Raised The Same Issue Earlier
In 2023, when their were reports raised of heavy usage of narcotics in the Malayalam industry, Sandra was the one who stood up against the usage and open sale of the product and yet this time, she has again called out producers and the industry for not stopping it which is actually causing a huge effect on the movie budget like a person from the prominent production house is now dealing for narcotics on the sake of movie budget. More about Sandra Thomas
In terms of workfront, Sandra has been part of very critically acclaimed films that includes 'Friday', 'Zachariayude Garbhinikal', 'Peruchazhi' and 'Aadu'. In 2017, she established her own production house named Sandra Thomas Productions.
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