A Big Setback For Mohanlal's Crime Action Thriller 'Monster' Ahead of Release

According to the reports, the Vysakh-directed movie has been banned in the entire GCC countries for allegedly carrying LGBTQ content. This comes as a major shock to the makers as Gulf is the biggest overseas market for Malayalam movies and the ban will severely affect the film's overseas collection.

However, the makers are still hopeful of getting clearance from Gulf countries to release the movie as they have reportedly decided to re-submit the movie to the censor board after making necessary changes. It will, however, take a little longer for the filmmakers to complete the formalities and they may not be able to release the film in Gulf on the same day as India.

Meanwhile, the ban on "Monster" will directly benefit Nivin Pauly's upcoming movie "Padavettu" in Gulf countries. It is said that all areas and shows, which were allotted to "Monster", are already being replaced by "Padavettu".

"Monster" is directed by Vysakh from a script written by Udaykrishna. The actor-director-writer trio had earlier delivered a hit called "Pulimurugan", which was reportedly the first ever Malayalam movie to gross over 100 crores worldwide. The forthcoming movie also stars Lakshmi Manchu, Lena, Honey Rose, Siddique, Sudev Nair, K B Ganesh Kumar, and Jess Sweejan in key roles.

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