MUMBAI: Peeved with two recent releases being available for download on YouTube, Malayalam filmmakers have filed complaints with the Kerala Police and asked them to see to it that these films are forthwith withdrawn from the Internet.

The films, Rathinirvedam and Salt and Pepper, are being shown since some time and respective filmmakers are of the views that the films may have already been downloaded by more than one lakh people by now.

On a complaint by Aashiq Abu, director of Salt and Pepper, the cyber police have taken the matter seriously. "We have already asked YouTube to see that these films are removed from the site and we are expecting that it will be done soon. We wish those behind this are taken to task," Abu averred.
 
Speaking to the media, Suresh Kumar, producer of Rathinirvedam, said, "As soon as we got the news that my film was available on the Internet, we registered a complaint with police here. Piracy is killing the industry," he added.