Overview

• Filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan posted on June 16 that Thudarum was built on the skeleton of his shelved 2020 screenplay Theeyattam.
• Sasidharan highlighted parallels in the protagonists—an auto-rickshaw driver framed for murder—and a signature dialogue carried over from his script.
• He previously circulated Theeyattam among industry figures including Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas, Murali Gopy and Sudheer Karamana before the project was shelved.
• Sasidharan plans to release the full Theeyattam screenplay on social media for direct comparison with Thudarum.
• Thudarum grossed ₹234.5 crore worldwide, ranking as the third-highest-grossing Malayalam film, and its makers have not issued a response to the allegations.