India, March 25 -- The Kerala Film Producers' Association (KFPA) recently released a report claiming that only one Malayalam film out of 17 released in February made decent money. And while that film was Kunchacko Boban's Officer on Duty, the actor told OnManorama that the association's figures were 'neither accurate nor transparent'. (Also Read: Prithviraj Sukumaran dismisses 'hue and cry' about Malayalam cinema's financial crisis: 'It's a high failure industry')

Since the report came out, filmmakers and actors have expressed dissent and challenged the figures. Kunchacko told the publication that KFPA's claim that Officer on Duty was made on a budget of Rs.13 crore and that it collected Rs.11 crore at the box office was false.

He said,...