KOCHI: A stay has been imposed on director Ashiq Abu’s new film titled ‘Virus’. The stay was imposed by Ernakulam sessions court following director Uay Anandan’s alleged plea that the makers stole his story for the film. The stay at a time when the film’s release date has been announced has raised anxiety. The film is slated to release on April 11. The shooting of the film started in Kozhikode in the first week of January.

The film has Kunchacko Boban, Tovino Thomas, Revathy, Rehman, Indrajith, Parvathy T K, Rima Kallingal, Aasif Ali, Indrans, Soubin Shahir, Poornima Indrajith, Remya Nambeesan, Sreenath Bhasi Madonna Sebasitan and many others. The film is based on the recent outbreak of Nipah virus.