Imagine walking into a police station… and being asked to sing your apology.
On camera. Under pressure. For nearly three hours.
That's the story rocking Malayalam cinema right now.
A Kerala magistrate has just ordered an FIR against actor Lakshmi Priya, her husband Jayesh, and a woman sub-inspector named Reshma.
The complainant? Fellow actor Ansiba Hassan.
The place? The Tripunithura Women's Cell in Kochi.
Lakshmi Priya — who's also a vice-president at AMMA (the powerful Malayalam actors' body) — said Ansiba sent her a WhatsApp message that could "affect her family life."
She filed a police complaint.
Ansiba was summoned to the Women's Cell.
And that's where, she says, things went completely off the rails.
Her version, now in front of the court:
She was released only after all of it was done.
Ansiba first went to the Thrikkakara ACP.
After a preliminary inquiry, police quietly decided… no FIR needed.
So she went straight to the magistrate's court.
And Judicial First Class Magistrate P M Aminakutty wasn't having it.
The order to the Hill Palace SHO was sharp:
"A detailed investigation into the offences alleged against the accused has to be conducted by the police to elicit the truth."
FIR. Now. Under Section 175(3) of the BNSS.
This isn't a one-off spat.
Malayalam cinema has been on fire ever since the Hema Committee report cracked open its power structures.
And Ansiba is at the center of another storm too — actor Tini Tom was recently booked over alleged communal remarks against her. He denies it.
Lakshmi Priya, for her part, insists the whole thing is a personal dispute and denies every allegation.
But here's the uncomfortable question the court just forced everyone to face:
When a celebrity walks into a police station with clout…
does the law bend around her.
Or does it finally push back.
Kerala just got its answer.
That's all for now!
