Kerala HC declines to entertain plea seeking renaming of film ‘The Kerala Story 2

The Kerala High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a petition seeking that the film The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond be renamed not to include the words “Kerala” or “Keralam”, reported Live Law.

A bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar VM also said that the petitioner was seeking to “cast an aspersion” on another bench that had lifted the stay on the film’s release, according to Bar and Bench. The film was released on February 27.

Earlier that day, a division bench of Justices SA Dharmadhikari and PV Balakrishnan set aside the order of Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, who had stayed the release of the film.

The film The Kerala Story 2 - Goes Beyond allegedly depicts Hindu women from several states being lured into relationships with Muslim men and coerced into converting to Islam. The teaser released on February 17 includes a scene in which a Hindu woman is forced to consume beef.

On February 26, Thomas said the film could disturb communal harmony. He had said that the Central Board of Film Certification had ignored guidelines for clearing films, and asked the authority to re-examine the matter.

The order was challenged by the film’s producer, Vipul Amrutlal Shah. He argued that halting the release of a film that had already been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification...

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