One of the most controversial persons in Malayalam film industry director Vinayan, who has been at logger heads with the top stars, is once again in the news. Vinayan has alleged that the release of his film Yakshiyum Njanum has been blocked by a caucus including the superstars of Malayalam cinema.

The film was slated to release today (July 30), but has not made it to the theatres. Vinayan requested Chief Minister to clear his stand in this matter. In his statement yesterday, Vinayan added that he will not put the blame on cultural affairs Minister MA Baby, since his interference earlier made things worse.

Vinayan was about to release the film after getting a censor certificate. However the Kerala Film Chamber blocked the release as Vinayan did not have the publicity clearance certificate from the chamber. The chamber executives informed that according to the regulations, only films with publicity clearance certificate from the chamber can be censored.

The buzz on Yakshiyum Njanum is positive. The film has newcomers in the lead- Gowtham, Shyam, Meghna Nair and late actor Rajan P. Dev’s son Jubin Raj is debuting as the villain Sajan Madhav, son of late music director Raveendran, has also made his debut as a music director with some haunting numbers.