A new meme template was born on Monday morning on Kerala's social media. Thanks to the misleading photo used by a Bengaluru-based journalist on X. Memes with Mohanlal thumbnails flooded social media with proper additions of wit and sarcasm. This meme also served as a befitting response to certain journalists’ shrewd attempt to malign actor Mohanlal over his late response to the Hema committee report.

News ranging from ADGP’s suspension to the arrival of the iPhone 16 series came with Mohanlal’s thumbnail paving the way for a segue of other hilarious memes. Many media outlets were wilily using Mohanlal’s thumbnail in any news regarding sexual assault in mollywood. Netizens had also questioned the media's stoic silence when it came to addressing the drug issues rampant in mollywood.

On Saturday, TNM’s Dhanya Rajendran’s cheeky post on X triggered an uproar not just from Mohanlal fans but also from all sane-minded malayali netizens. It all started with Dhaya posting Radhika Sarathkumar’s revelation about hidden cameras in caravans. Dhanya could have posted Radhika Sarathkumar’s image for the post but she opted for Mohanlal’s image. And in a dire attempt to come out clean from the brazen misrepresentation of the photograph, the journalist added an addendum asking viewers to read a report about ‘men collecting souvenirs’.

And now, the TNM journalist has ignited a controversy with people showing their wrath over the deliberate misuse of actor Mohanlal’s photo on a sexual assault news where he had nothing to do. Comments are appearing on social media platforms on the stooping low standards of journalism and the devious narrative that seems to be a hit job on actor Mohanlal.

“Dhanya knows this is not journalism. It is rather disgusting. How can she do objective reporting being this pliable? This work fits the title of yellow journalism more than anything. This is agenda.” Commented one user on the social media platform Reddit.