The Kerala Story 2: Political Objections For Release Date

The sequel to the controversial film, The Kerala story is now getting released on February 27, 2026. The trailer of The Kerala Story 2 has triggered a storm in India for sure, with the likes of Prakash Raj and Anurag Kashyap taking potshots at the film's portrayal of Muslims. Especially the beef feeding sequence and the forceful nature of a guy who plays a journalist, pushing one girl into bed, is getting criticised heavily.

The makers have maintained that the love jihad scenes featured in the trailer are taken from actual incidents, but not any hyped or engineered ones. But with the film hitting Cinemas in the Ramzan season, when the whole of Indian Muslims are observing the Ramzan festival’s fasting days. This particular release date is surely creating tremors. While some parties are asking for the withholding of the release date, it looks like the makers are going ahead with it.

If you look at ticket booking sites like BookMyShow, the interests regarding the film is very massive. Back then, the Kerala story featuring Ada Sharma in the main role had collected more than ₹300 crores gross from the worldwide box office. Whether people call this an agenda film or not, the storytelling is actually captivating and exciting to a section of the audience.