Malayalam film actor and director Vineeth Sreenivasan has come out in defense of actor Nivin Pauly speaking about the rape allegations against him. Earlier this week, a woman accused movie star Pauly of sexually assaulting her in Dubai along with a few others. She had claimed that the incident happened in November and December of 2023 in Dubai when she was called under the pretext of being offered a role in the movies. Now, Vineeth has said that Nivin was with him from December 14 till the early hours of December 15 shooting for their film `Varshangalkku Shesham`. 

Talking to Malayalam channel Reporter Live, Vineeth said that Nivin was shooting with the team in Kochi. He said that they were shooting the climax scene which is set inside a theatre. He also said that the scenes were shot in the presence of 100s of junior artists who can also vouch for Pauly`s presence.