Malayalam actor and director Lal Jose's son, Jean Paul Lal, popularly known as Lal. Jr. has been booked by the Panagad police officials for making derogatory comments against his last film's actress.
It is reported that during the shoot of Honey Bee 2, he didn't pay the actress for her work and when the actress asked for the payment, Lal Jr. has apparently refused and also made sexually explicit comments on her. As a result, the police officials have booked a case against Lal Jr, actor Sreenath Bhasi, and two other technicians Anoop and Anirudh.
However, Lal, in his statement, has said that the actress shot only for two days, that too only for one scene, for which the remuneration was 50,000. But on the eve of the second day, she went out of the shoot, as she felt uncomfortable shooting, and hence they had to go for a body double. So, apparently Lal didn't pay her, but now, she is said to be demanding a ransom of 10 lakhs. Lal also added that he would deal with this case legally.
As there are two different views on this issue, the police officials have been enquiring both the sides to get clarity.