Court dismisses petition for stay on release of Mohanlal’s 3D movie Barroz

A petition filed by an author for an interim injunction to restrain the release of Mohanlal’s forthcoming 3D movie Barroz was dismissed by the District Court, Ernakulam.

The counsel for the petitioner George Thundiparambil contended that the novel Barroz – Guardian of D’ Gama’s Treasure by Jijo Punnoose and published in 2018, on which the film is based, is a plagiarisation of the author’s novel Maya published in 2008. The counsel for Mr. Punnoose argued that Barroz is a children’s novel, while Maya is an erotic novel meant for adults.