Maaya Maaligai team claims its director KN Baiju got a death threats from a mafia group

The upcoming Tamil-Malayalam bilingual

Maaya Maaligai

is written and directed by

KN Baiju

, who also stars as the male lead in it.

The film is said to be about a

mafia don

who poses like a social activist and cheats people of crores of money. What is interesting about the film is that this character, which is named Kodaaliparamban in the movie, is based on real-life person, who happens to be a well-known public figure in Tamil Nadu.

The film's team claims that when the story of the film appeared in the media in Kerala, the director started receiving

death threats

over phone. A source from the film unit told us, "These threats came from a criminal team in Kerala which is also part of the one in Tamil Nadu. Despite the threats, Baiju is now busy shooting the final schedule of the film. He hasn't filed any complaint about these threats as he wants to get the film censored before seeking any protection. The film will hit screens soon and who the mafia don is will come to limelight soon after that."

Maaya Maaligai is said to be a horror film with equal doses of romance and comedy. The film's female lead is played by

Disha

, who has acted in 10 films in Kannada. Riaz Khan, Ganja Karuppu, Kesava Dev, Sampath Ram and Muthukaalai have acted in crucial roles in this film, which is being produced by Deva Creations and Navagraha Cine Arts.

Ajay Saregama is composing the music for this film, which has lyrics by Snehan. Venkat is doing the cinematography.