India, June 28 -- In the last several days, the major talking point in Malayalam cinema has been the ongoing mudslinging between actor Joju George and director Lijo Jose Pellisserry over the content of the 2021 film, Churuli. Joju, who played one of the main characters in the film had claimed that he did the film under the tacit understanding that there'd be two versions - one for film festivals which included expletive-laden dialogues and another, for theatrical and post-theatrical use that was much cleaner and meant for a wider audience.

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However, the theatrical and OTT versions were the one with excessive profanity spoken by all c...