MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The day Thomas Shajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of kilometres away disrupted his plans.

Shajan, a self-described South Indian film fanatic, said he had been waiting months to see Malaikottai Vaaliban, a blockbuster Malayalam-language film about an aging warrior who reigns over a vast desert.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The day Thomas Shajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of…{ai:summary}<p>Thomas Shajan's plans to watch a South Indian action film in British Columbia were disrupted by a series of shootings. He had been eagerly waiting months to see Malaikottai Vaaliban, a Malayalam-language blockbuster about an aging warrior. #crime</p>

'Like a cartel:' Shootings point to turf war over rights to screen South Indian films

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