2 arrested after destruction of church set of Tovino Thomas' 'Minnal Murali' sparks row

The destruction of a set depicting a church for Malayalam film Minnal Murali allegedly by right-wing activists sparked a controversy. As lead actor Tovino Thomas, other members of the film industry and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condemned the incident, the state police has swung into action. Two persons have now been arrested in connection with the vandalism. READ: AHP & Bajrang Dal Allegedly Trash 'Minnal Murali' Film Church Set; Kerala CM To Act As per reports, Rashtriya Bajrang Dal Ernakulam district president Ratheesh Malayattoor and another person named Rahul have been nabbed. The police have registered a case against seven members of the Rashtriya Bajrang Dal and others. The case has been registered under sections 379 (theft), 454 (trespassing) and 427 (damaging the property) of the Indian Penal Code. A vehicle allegedly used during the vandalism has also been impounded by the cops. The incident Tovino Thomas had shared pictures of the set at Kalady, and how the shoot was on hold due to the lockdown, before ‘racialists’ vandalised it. The actor said the incident had created ‘distress, and even more of anxiety’ and that they were planning to take legal action. View this post on Instagram Minnal Murali’s first schedule at Wayanad had been in progress when the set for the second schedule began construction at Kalady. It was carried out by art director Manu Jagad and team, under special instructions by stunt choreographer Vlad Rimburg. For this, we had the rightful permissions from the concerned authorities.And as we were about to start shooting in this set – which was built on a considerable cost, the whole country went into lockdown, following which our shoot was paused, just like all others’. It is during this prevailing uncertainty that this contractual set was destroyed by a group of racialists yesterday. The reasons they cite for this unceremonious act are not understood to our senses till now. We’ve heard of movie sets being vandalised by religious fanatics in Northern parts of India. Now, it’s happening to us right here. It has caused us a lot of distress, and even more of anxiety. We have decided to go ahead with the legal proceedings. മിന്നൽ മുരളി ആദ്യ ഷെഡ്യൂൾ വയനാട്ടിൽ നടന്നു കൊണ്ടിരുന്നതിനൊപ്പമാണു , രണ്ടാം ഷെഡ്യൂളിലെ ക്ലൈമാക്സ് ഷൂട്ടിനു വേണ്ടി ആക്ഷൻ കോറിയോഗ്രാഫർ വ്ലാഡ് റിംബർഗിന്റെ നിർദ്ദേശപ്രകാരം ആർട്ട് ഡയറക്ടർ മനു ജഗദും ടീമും ഉത്തരവാദിത്തപ്പെട്ടവരുടെ അനുമതിയോടെ സെറ്റ് നിർമ്മാണം ആരംഭിച്ചത്.ലക്ഷക്കണക്കിന് രൂപ മുടക്കി നിർമ്മിച്ച ഈ സെറ്റിൽ ഷൂട്ടിംഗ് ആരംഭിക്കുന്നതിനു തൊട്ട് മുൻപാണു നമ്മുടെ രാജ്യത്ത് ലോക്ക് ഡൗൺ പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നതും , ഞങ്ങളുടേതുൾപ്പടെ എല്ലാ സിനിമകളുടെയും ഷൂട്ടിംഗ് നിർത്തി വയ്ക്കുന്നതും. വീണ്ടും ഷൂട്ടിംഗ് എന്നു ആരംഭിക്കാൻ കഴിയുമോ അന്ന് ഷൂട്ട് ചെയ്യുന്നതിന് വേണ്ടി നിലനിർത്തിയിരുന്ന സെറ്റാണു ഇന്നലെ യാതൊരു മുന്നറിയിപ്പുമില്ലാതെ ഒരു കൂട്ടം വർഗ്ഗീയവാദികൾ തകർത്തത്.അതിനവർ നിരത്തുന്ന കാരണങ്ങളൊന്നും ഈ നിമിഷം വരെ ഞങ്ങൾക്കാർക്കും മനസ്സിലായിട്ടുമില്ല. വടക്കേ ഇന്ത്യയിലൊക്കെ മതഭ്രാന്തിന്റെ പേരിൽ സിനിമകളും ലൊക്കേഷനുകളുമൊക്കെ ആക്രമിക്കപ്പെടുന്നത് നമുക്ക് ഇതു വരെ കേട്ടു കേൾവി മാത്രമായിരുന്നിടത്താണു ഞങ്ങൾക്കീ അനുഭവമുണ്ടായിരിക്കുന്നത്.. ഒരുപാട് വിഷമം ഉണ്ട് അതിലേറെ ആശങ്കയും . അതുകൊണ്ടു തന്നെ നിയമനടപടികളുമായി മുന്നോട്ടു പോവുകയാണ് . #minnalmurali A post shared by Tovino Thomas (@tovinothomas) on May 24, 2020 at 10:51pm PDT READ:Tovino Thomas' 'Minnal Murali' Church Set Destroyed, Makers Proceed To Take Legal Action State general secretary of AHP claimed responsibility of the attack on Facebook and claimed that the set was destroyed as it was situated Adi Sankaracharya mutt. Members of AHP and Bajrang Dal allegedly boasted about the incident on social media. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said, ''Kerala will never be a place where fanatics of any kind would be allowed to go scot-free. All of you can be rest assured that all those who destroyed the film set near Kochi will be tackled as per law. What is wrong if a film set remains there, as we all know that due to COVID-19, all film shootings came to a sudden halt. These acts will not be tolerated." Aluva Shivaratri Manappuram Samithi, who owned the land on which the set was situated, too filed a complaint with the Perumbavoor police. Actors like Dulquer Salmaan and Nivin Pauly condemned the incident on social media. So sorry to hear about this Tovi ! Some don’t seem to realise the effort emotions talent and cost that goes into building and creating something. Supporting you and #sophia ma’am and the rest of the team ! Lots of love. https://t.co/MCtqdy8VVg — dulquer salmaan (@dulQuer) May 25, 2020 Deeply shocked and saddened to see this happening in a State like Kerala. It requires sheer hard work from the producer and effort from hundreds of people who worked for months to create a brilliant film set like this. In complete solidarity with the team of #MinnalMurali. pic.twitter.com/qiGbResrPb — Nivin Pauly (@NivinOfficial) May 25, 2020 READ:Tovino Thomas Shares An Angry Post On The Destruction Of 'Minal Murali' Sets READ:Aashiq Abu Reprimands 'fanatics' For Destroying 'Minnal Murali' Sets

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2 arrested after destruction of church set of Tovino Thomas' 'Minnal Murali' sparks row

2 persons were arrested and cases registered against more after destruction of church set for Tovino Thomas' 'Minnal Murali' by right-wing groups sparked a row.

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