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Mohanlal's Thudaram accused of plagiarism by director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal's recently released film, 'Thudarum', ended up as one of the successful films of 2025. However, it is now facing plagiarism allegations by Malayalam filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan. The 'Sexy Durga' director claimed that the story of 'Thudarum' was stolen from his 2020 film, 'Theeyattam'.His Facebook post, written in Malayalam, is loosely translated as, "I saw the movie Thudarum. It's made by stealing the skeleton of my screenplay, Theeyattam, which I wrote in 2020. The core of it, remains safe; either because they (the makers of Thudarum) lacked the intelligence to understand its essence, or because they deliberately avoided it in their attempt to rewrite it unrecognisably."advertisementHe then added that the protagonist in his film is an auto-rickshaw driver who is framed for murder by the police. In 'Thudarum', Mohanlal plays a cab driver who gets trapped by the police in a murder case.
Sanal continued, "My story is about an auto-rickshaw driver named Ambi who is framed by the police after someone is murdered inside his vehicle, and their severed head is left in it.""A crucial dialogue from my screenplay, 'Konnaal paapam thinnaal theerum' (a proverb meaning, 'the sin of killing is absolved on eating') is used in this film despite being completely unnecessary. Even expert thieves, skilled at stealing without leaving a trace, can forget themselves due to certain whims. I felt the use of this dialogue was one such slip-up," he explained as he levelled allegations against the makers of 'Thudarum'. advertisementSanal Kumar Sasidharan also claimed that he had pitched his story to Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas and Sudheer Karamana to play crucial roles. However, the film was shelved due to unknown filmmaker said that he will share his 'Theeyattam' screenplay on Facebook, so people can find the similarities. "All of them have read the screenplay. Since five years is a long period, it's possible that they may have forgotten about it. I will be publishing my screenplay here soon," he concluded his note.'Thudarum', directed by Tharun Moorthy, released in theatres on April 28. The film grossed Rs 200 crore worldwide and is currently streaming on Watch
