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The war of words between the two has been going on for nearly a year as Azhikode supported Thilakan who had declared war on AMMA.

Azhikode at that time had said that Mohanlal had become too old and should do roles that fit his age. He also hit out at Mohanlal for endorsing jewellery ads and doing surrogate liquor ads.

Mohanlal hit back, saying that Azhikode must be in a different world and he will take it as old Ammavan joke.

Azhikode then served a legal notice to Mohanlal, asking him to apologise or face legal action.

Now the defamation case has been filed after Mohanlal did not respond to Azhikode’s earlier legal notice.

As per legal experts the court will now have to find whether there is a prima facie case against the actor.

The case will now come up on March 17 at the Thrissur chief judicial magistrate court.

Producer Johnny Sagariga has informed this to the trade circle Today at Kochi.

The film will be releasing big in 100 screens across Kerala. Johnny who had earlier planned it as a Ramzan release, then a Christmas film has now preponed the release by two weeks!

First and foremost, Dileep’s market is at an all time low after his recent crop of films have bombed at the box-office, the trade is cautious. And it would not be wise to compete when Mammootty’s Chattambinadu, Mohanlal’s Ivide Swargam Aanu, Vijay Tamil mass masala entertainer Vettaikaran and Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots are planning to release big in Kerala this Christmas.

Johnny Sagariga wants to recoup the losses he suffered early this year due to the colossal failure of Cat & Moz. So if he releases on December 4, he is likely to get a solo opening for two weeks before Vettaikaran releases on December 18.

And he will get dates in all main stations in best of screens and continue for three weeks before Christmas films releases. The film carries very good reports as Siddique is the man with the golden touch and has never failed. He is a director who goes by the script and National award winning music director Ouseappachan has given great melodies. Added to that Dileep is being paired with Nayanthara for the first time, making it even more exciting.

-BOS