A young actress has alleged that veteran filmmaker Kamal raped her several times in the pretext of casting her as the heroine of his next film. Kamal is one of the most respected director's in Malayalam cinema and is the chairman of Kerala State Chalchitra Academy. He has also helmed the Tamil film 'Piryadha Varam Vendum' that had Prashanth and Shalini Ajith in the lead roles.

The unnamed actress claimed that in 2018 she approached Kamal during the shooting of 'Aami' starring Manju Warrier and he promised to cast her in the lead of his next 'Pranaya Meenukalude Kadal'and that is when the first abuse happened. She has stated in her complaint and advocates notice “I was also sexually abused on the side-lines of the shoot of the film Aami, directed by him. He took me to a flat and abused me. Kamal has betrayed my trust in him and he is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I was also abused at his official residence,”

Kamal has rubbished the claims as a conspiracy by a former KSCA employee who he dismissed due to an issue and has told TOI "This is a baseless allegation. It is true that I had received a legal notice, a year ago. When I contacted my advocate, he said since it was a false allegation, I needed to wait for follow-up action from the other party. That did not happen and so I ignored it. I suspect a former employee of Chalachitra Academy is behind bringing this up now. He had quit his position due to some internal conflicts. Only my advocate and the former employee knew about the legal notice that was received a year ago. However, I do not have enough evidence to prove that he is behind it, at the moment.”