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Malayalam filmmaker Sanal Sasidharan has accused the makers of Mohanlal film Thudarum of allegedly plagiarising the screenplay of his yet-to-be-released film Theeyattam. Thudarum directed by Tharun Moorthy is considered among the successful Malayalam films of this year. In a lengthy Facebook post director Sasidharan accused the makers of Thudarum of plagiarising the screenplay of his film Theeyattam which he wrote in 2020. His social media post written in Malayalam loosely translates as I saw the movie Thudarum. Its 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. Sasidharan claimed that his story revolved around an auto-rickshaw driver named Ambi who was framed by the police after someone committed murder inside his vehicle. This plot he said bears similarity to Mohanlals Thudarum. Providing evidence for the alleged plagirism of his screenplay the director said that makers of Thudarum unnecessarily used one of his dialogues in the film which he considers a major slip-up from the makers. 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. Sanal 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 for unknown reasons. The filmmaker said that he will share his Theeyattam screenplay on Facebook so that people can see the similarities. All of them have read the screenplay. Since five years is a long period its possible that they may have forgotten about it. I will be publishing my screenplay here soon he concluded his note. Sanal Sasidharan is known for his films including S Durga Chola and Vazhakku.As for Thudarum the film was a blockbuster at the box office. This minimal budget film earned over Rs 150 crore worldwide.