KOCHI: Film producer Tomichan Mulakupadam, whose Dileep-starrer ‘Ramaleela’ is slated for release later this months, has approached the police over an alleged hate campaign against the film by G P Ramachandran, an executive member of the Kerala State Chalachithra Academy.
In his complaint lodged before Kochi Range IG P Vijayan on Saturday, Tomichan accused Ramachandran of using social media to exhort moviegoers to destroy the cinema halls screening the movie.
“The message was posted along with the hashtag #boycottRamaleela. Ramachandran, in a separate message, also sought the contact details of Tamil Rockers, an online store for pirated South Indian movies, with an intention to get the film pirated,” the complainant alleged.
Ramachandran, who posted the messages on his Facebook page on September 14, withdrew them later saying they had been posted in ‘over-enthusiasm and overflow of emotions.’ He also refuted any role in people widely-sharing screenshots of the withdrawn posts.