Harassment case: Lookout notice to be issued against Director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan

Kochi: A lookout notice will be issued against director Sanal Kumar Sasidharan in connection with a harassment case registered against him. The Elamakkara police had registered a case against Sanal on the complaint of a prominent Malayalam actress. 

Sasidharan, who is in the US currently, has been accused of harassing the actress through social media. According to reports, Kerala Police have got in touch with the Indian Embassy there.

Sasidharan is presently out on bail after he was arrested from a temple in the state capital in 2022 on the complaint of an actress that she was being threatened and stalked by him for a while.

Sasidharan then along with his relatives had come to a temple near his home town Parassala in the state capital district when three people dressed in plainclothes (police officials) tried to forcibly take him into custody. Soon the director went live on Facebook alleging that his life was in danger as a few people were trying to "kidnap" him. He was seen shouting that he does not have faith in the system in the state and is presently living at his sister's home in Tamil Nadu, which borders Parassala.

In that case, Sasidharan secured bail. The fresh case was filed by the same actress after she continued to be harassed by the director through social media.

The 47-year-old Sasidharan began his film career in 2000 and the next year he made his first short film using crowdfunding. In 2014 he produced his first feature-length movie 'Oraalppokkam'. The film also won the award for the best Malayalam film in the International Film Festival of Kerala 2014 besides the Kerala State Film Award for Best Director in 2014. His film 'Kayyattam' in 2020 starred Manju Warrier and was shot on an iPhone in the Himalayas and also won acclaim.