A case has been registered towards Malayalam filmmaker Chidambaram S Poduval, Kochi police confirmed to PTI on Monday. The Manjummel Boys director has been accused of sexually harassing a younger girl in 2022. Earlier than information broke, the director made his Instagram account non-public, which many initially believed was attributable to cyberbullying by actor Dileep’s followers.
The case towards Manjummel Boys director Chidambaram
In accordance with the information company, Ernakulam South Police registered a case towards Chidambaram on Sunday following a criticism filed by a lady. The incident that allegedly happened in 2022 pertains to him trespassing into the complainant’s house and sexually misbehaving together with her.
The case has been registered below Sections 74 (assault or felony pressure to a lady with intent to outrage her modesty) and 75 (sexual harassment) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police mentioned. The complainant’s assertion was recorded earlier than the case was registered.
A discover will now be issued to Chidambaram, asking him to look for questioning. The filmmaker, who additionally directed Jan.E.Man, has but to reply to these allegations.
Chidambaram made his Instagram account non-public
On Saturday, earlier than information of his sexual harassment case broke, Chidambaram made his beforehand public Instagram account non-public. A hearsay was circulating that the Manjummel Boys staff was planning to make a movie with Dileep. He took to social media on Saturday and wrote on his Instagram tales, “Please confirm earlier than you publish trash. And I’m not a survival thriller specialist.”
That was all it took for Dileep’s followers to spam the filmmaker, who quickly took down his story and made his account non-public. Many on X (previously Twitter) and Reddit had assumed that he made his account non-public as a result of bullying. Nonetheless, after information of his alleged sexual harassment, others puzzled if it was as a result of he was getting forward of it.
About Chidambaram
Chidambaram, a Payyanur native, started his profession within the Malayalam movie trade as an assistant director to Jayaraj and assistant cinematographer to Rajeev Ravi and KU Mohanan, Malavika Mohanan’s father. He debuted as a director with the 2021 movie Jan.E.Man, starring Basil Joseph, Lal, Arjun Ashokan, Balu Varghese, and Ganapathi S Poduval.
Nonetheless, his declare to fame is the 2024 movie Manjummel Boys, which turned one of many Malayalam movie trade’s highest-grossing movies. It stars Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Deepak Parambol, Balu Varghese, and others. It collected ₹241 crore worldwide and over ₹142 crore internet in India. He has three movies lined up.