The spat between actor-producers Vijay Babu and Sandra Thomas, old partners in a film production company, continued just hours before the election to the Kerala Film Producers Association (KFPA) on Thursday (August 14, 2025).

The latest barb came from Mr. Babu who posted on Facebook that the pet dog he adopted since he had dissolved the partnership with Ms. Thomas was “more trustworthy.” The post featuring the image of the pet further said he hardly had time for “Sandra’s dog show.”

Soon, Ms. Thomas responded, also on Facebook, remarking that “Vijay Babu can trust the dog. I am concerned about the dog trusting Vijay Babu.”

The two had been at each other’s throat on social media ever since the election to the KFPA was declared and Ms. Thomas’ nominations to the posts of the president and treasurer were rejected on grounds that her production house has produced only two movies and not three as required as per the bylaw. This had led to heated exchanges between Ms. Thomas and executive committee members, including the incumbent president Suresh Kumar, that went viral on social media.

She had then approached the court. However, her nomination to the executive committee was earlier accepted.

Shortly after the rejection of her nominations, Mr. Babu took to social media claiming that Ms. Thomas can no longer represent Friday Film House, which was initially run by the two in partnership, and contest in ineligible posts, reminding her that she had quit the production house in 2016. He curtly asked her to “stop fake narratives and try to hog limelight by taking the names of successful people.”

To this, Ms. Thomas responded that the court “hardly considered Mr. Babu’s certificate” but the association bylaw.

Mr. Babu took a potshot at her by playing back her post when the Ernakulam Sub Court dismissed her plea challenging the rejection of her nomination to contest for the post of president. He said he had “nothing more to say than what she herself had said in that post” and mockingly advised her to be “more circumspect to avoid being publicly humiliated.”

Meanwhile, the election to the executive committee of the KFPA is set to be held later on Thursday afternoon and the results are expected to be out in the evening.