Mohanlal’s Monster banned in Gulf over LGBTQ content: Report

It’s noteworthy that Gulf countries are one of the major markets for the Malayalam film industry. The latest development, however, will help Nivin Pauly’s upcoming movie Padavettu, which is also due in cinemas this Friday. This film, which is written and directed by debutant director Liju Krishna, will also get the screens that were initially earmarked for Monster.

Monster is directed by Vysakh from a script written by Udaykrishna. The actor-director-writer trio had earlier delivered a hit called Pulimurugan. The 2016 film became the first ever film in the history of Malayalam cinema to earn Rs 100 crore from its worldwide ticket sales. The movie also stars Lakshmi Manchu, Lena, Honey Rose, Siddique, Sudev Nair, K B Ganesh Kumar, and Jess Sweejan.