The ban on young actor Shane Nigam has been lifted following the intervention of AMMA - the body of the Malayalam actors led by superstar Mohanlal. The AMMA held a few round of talks with the peeved Producers Association and enabled lifting of the ban on the condition that Nigam will compensate to the producers of his two films for the delay that occurred.

Even though the compensation that was sought was a hefty amount, those in the know of things revealed that the issue has been amicably settled and Nigam will not rejoin the two films ("Whale" and "Qurbani"), but he will pay the amount that has been now finalised and decided.