VA
Shrikumar
Menon,
the
renowned
filmmaker
who
made
his
feature
film
debut
with
the
Mohanlal
starrer
Odiyan,
is
arrested
in
a
cheating
case.
Reportedly,
the
arrest
was
made
after
the
anticipatory
bail
moved
by
the
director
was
rejected
by
the
district
court.
VA
Shrikumar
has
been
arrested
for
allegedly
cheating
a
business
group.
If
the
reports
are
to
be
believed,
the
Odiyan
director
had
obtained
around
Rs.
8
Crore
from
the
business
group,
promising
to
make
a
film
under
their
home
banner.
However,
VA
Shrikumar
did
not
deliver
on
the
promise,
and
the
business
group
filed
a
police
complaint
against
him.
According
to
the
reports,
the
filmmaker
was
taken
into
custody
by
the
investigation
team
from
his
residence
in
Palakkad,
Kerala,
on
Thursday
(May
6)
night.
VA
Shrikumar
Menon's
arrest
was
recorded
by
the
police
on
Friday
(May
7).
DK
Prithewiraj,
the
Alappuzha
deputy
superintendent
of
police,
told
PTI
that
Shrikumar
is
booked
under
section
420
(cheating
and
dishonesty
inducing
delivery
of
property)
of
IPC.
VA
Shrikumar
Menon
was
earlier
arrested
in
2019
after
the
renowned
actress
Manju
Warrier
filed
a
complaint
against
him.
The
lady
superstar
filed
a
complaint
against
the
filmmaker
at
the
Thrissur
East
police
station,
citing
that
he
issued
a
death
threat
against
her,
and
defamed
her
on
social
media.
The
charges
against
VA
Shrikumar
included
cyberstalking,
trying
to
defame
Manju
Warrier
and
her
close
associates
by
orchestrating
a
hate
campaign
against
them
on
social
media,
and
threatening
to
harm
her
mentally
and
physically.
The
filmmaker,
who
is
best
known
for
the
ad
campaigns
he
directed
for
Kalyan
Jewellers,
made
his
feature
film
debut
with
the
Mohanlal
starter
Odiyan.
The
movie,
which
was
released
with
huge
pre-release
hype,
however,
ended
up
as
a
critical
and
commercial
failure.
VA
Shrikumar
Menon
was
supposed
to
direct
Mohanlal
once
again
in
the
film
adaptation
of
MT
Vasudevan
Nair's
Randamoozham.
But
the
project
was
dropped
later
due
to
the
fallout
between
MT
and
Menon.