Malayalam Film Industry is facing a troubling time, as multiple male actors are facing renewed or new allegations of sexual harassment from actresses post the disclosure of Hema Committee report. Directors like Ranjith, Liju Krishna, Omar Lulu, VK Prakash and Kamal are facing these accusations. And now Thulasidas, a popular director from '90s and 2000s is facing allegations of sexual harassment from two actresses - Geetha Vijayan and Sridevika - who had worked with the filmmaker in the past.
. Sridevika, who had worked with the director in the 2007 film , had claimed Thulasidas has harassed her during the shoot in a recent interview, according to . In fact she had previously made this accusation against the director in 2018 in a Facebook post, though she didn't name him there.
She had written, "Someone was constantly knocking my hotel room door in the middle of the night and this happened for 3-4 nights continuously. I had called up the reception to look into who it was, and later they confirmed it’s the Director. My mother then addressed this issue with my co-actor and he helped me shift to a room on the floor where he was also staying.
" She had then accused AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes) of not taking any action against the director. In response to Sridevika's accusations, actress Geetha Vijayan came out in support of the actress and made a similar allegation against Thulasidas while speaking to a news channel. In an interview to , Geetha Vijayan said that.