while questioning shyamjith the 25yearold accused from kannur who has allegedly murdered his exlover last week he revealed that he had planned an anjaam pathiraa model act and took the help of youtube videos to prepare for it as the society is still in shock over the motive behind the killingrejection it is important to also notice that copycat crimes are on the rise in kerala the month of october also witnessed another murder in alappuzha where the prime accused muthukumar concreted the floor of his house after murdering and dumping his brotherinlaws body under it it was claimed to be a drishyam model murderdo crime thrillers really inspire reallife crimes i dont buy it as i feel the reception of a movie or any form of fiction by an individual is influenced by various factors including ones sociopsychological milieu says midhun manuel thomas director of anjaam pathiraa adding that the healthiness of this space is directly proportional to the persons social adjustment quotienthe further observes that out of the 3 46 crore people in kerala a few claim that their acts are inspired by films thats their reasoning or justification films might be the answer for how it was done but not for why it was done he sayssince 2013 the year in which jeethu josephs most celebrated crime thriller drishyam that starred mohanlal as a father who buried the body of a teenager accidentally killed by his daughter several murders have been reported where the accused erased evidence in drishyam style jeethu explains there have been similar crimes reported in kerala even before drishyamwas released i dont think any wfilm has to be blamed for someones instinct to kill a person at the same time i will not say that films do not influence society so while writing films i really would think in a sensible way even when i make the method of a murder cinematic when i think of such a method that could be executed in real life as well i alter it however its important to do justice to the core of the cinema belonging to the crime genre the filmmaker also divulges that he himself mimicked brucewillis style of smoking in die hard soon after watching it and getting out of the theatremovies play an integral role in shaping the human understanding of gender crime sex violence and romance most importantly on the idea of good and bad bina paul the vicechairperson of kerala state chalachithra academy says like how representation of femininity in cinema conditions the social psyche films that create atolerance to crimes are dangerous hence one needs to look at the attitude that you give out through storytelling if it is triggering someone to further follow a criminal act portrayed in it it has to be dealt responsibly nevertheless we cannot deny that crime thrillers always need an interesting storyline to make them intriguing and engaging to put it down just to cinema is simplifying the fact that there