Filmmakers and television companies were Monday warned by political parties to refrain from casting Kannada actress Maria Monica Susairaj, convicted for the murder of a television executive.

The Mumbai units of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) reacted following reports that filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma wanted to hire Maria for his next film and that Susairaj could be invited to join the next season of Bigg Boss.