Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan slams 'Kerala Story' sequel as communal propaganda

Bengaluru: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday slammed the sequel to ‘The Kerala Story’, calling the film a work of “fabricated narratives” aimed at fomenting “communal discord”.

The remarks followed the online trailer release of ‘The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond’ on February 17. “Having already seen through the communal agenda and blatant lies of the first part, Kerala will once again reject this attempt to demonise our secular fabric with contempt,” Vijayan said in a post on X.

The chief minister urged people to react to the movie with “utmost gravity” as its trailer revealed it as “hate-mongering”. He added, “It is shocking how fabricated narratives aimed at inciting communal discord receive a free pass, while critical expressions of art get gagged. We must stand united against these attempts to paint our land of harmony as a hub of terror. The truth shall always prevail.”


Opposition leader VD Satheeshan of the Congress said in a post on X that any attempt to divide Kerala along caste lines was “absolutely ridiculous” and dismissed the project as propaganda that misrepresented a state long defined by harmony, unity and coexistence.

Filmmaker Kamakhya Narayan Singh directed the sequel, with producer Vipul Shah returning from the 2023 original. The film follows three Hindu women from different parts of the country whose relationships are portrayed as pathways to coercion and forced religious conversion.

The first film, directed by Sudipto Sen, had drawn sharp criticism from both the ruling CPI(M) and the opposition Congress. However, it won Sen the best director award at the 71st National Film Awards in September 2025.