“The Kerala Story 2” Marketed Everywhere Except Kerala to Score Cheap Communal Points
This is peak hypocrisy, served boiling hot.
The makers of The kerala Story 2 are aggressively promoting their sequel across eight big states — Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and assam — while completely ghosting the one place the entire franchise claims to be “based on”: Kerala. Not a single big push, not a single major release event, not even a whisper of wide theatrical rollout in God’s Own Country. Why?
Because they know the truth would hit too close to home. Instead, they’re weaponizing the film in BJP-friendly heartlands to stir communal rage and harvest votes. Malayalis aren’t just being ignored — they’re being systematically shamed, defamed, and humiliated on a national stage for cheap political mileage.
1. The Selective Promotion Map
Heavy marketing muscle in UP, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal, Uttarakhand, assam — every single one a saffron stronghold. zero love for Kerala. The state the title literally exploits? Crickets.
2. The “Based on Kerala” Scam
The whole franchise sells itself as a “true story” from Kerala. Yet when it comes time to data-face the people whose lives they’re twisting for drama, the producers suddenly go radio silent. Too scared the local audience will call out the propaganda.
3. Malayalis as National Punching Bag
For years now, kerala has been painted as some radical Islamist hellhole in these films. Real people, real communities, real families dragged through the mud — all so the orange party can polarize voters elsewhere and rack up communal points.
4. The Vote-Bank Playbook Exposed
This isn’t cinema. It’s election-season ammunition. Release the hate-bait in states where it wins seats, keep it away from the states that could expose the lies. Classic divide-and-rule 2.0.
5. What history Will Actually Remember
Future generations won’t remember this as “bold filmmaking.” They’ll remember it as one of the ugliest chapters of modern indian propaganda — how an entire community of Malayalis was deliberately humiliated and stereotyped, just so one political outfit could squeeze out a few extra seats.
The message is loud and clear:
Exploit Kerala’s name for profit and votes.
Insult Malayalis for applause in Delhi, Lucknow, and Ahmedabad.
But never, ever dare data-face them on their own soil.
That’s not marketing.
That’s cowardice wrapped in saffron.
The makers of The kerala Story 2 are aggressively promoting their sequel across eight big states — Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and assam — while completely ghosting the one place the entire franchise claims to be “based on”: Kerala. Not a single big push, not a single major release event, not even a whisper of wide theatrical rollout in God’s Own Country. Why?
Because they know the truth would hit too close to home. Instead, they’re weaponizing the film in BJP-friendly heartlands to stir communal rage and harvest votes. Malayalis aren’t just being ignored — they’re being systematically shamed, defamed, and humiliated on a national stage for cheap political mileage.
1. The Selective Promotion Map
Heavy marketing muscle in UP, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal, Uttarakhand, assam — every single one a saffron stronghold. zero love for Kerala. The state the title literally exploits? Crickets.
2. The “Based on Kerala” Scam
The whole franchise sells itself as a “true story” from Kerala. Yet when it comes time to data-face the people whose lives they’re twisting for drama, the producers suddenly go radio silent. Too scared the local audience will call out the propaganda.
3. Malayalis as National Punching Bag
For years now, kerala has been painted as some radical Islamist hellhole in these films. Real people, real communities, real families dragged through the mud — all so the orange party can polarize voters elsewhere and rack up communal points.
4. The Vote-Bank Playbook Exposed
This isn’t cinema. It’s election-season ammunition. Release the hate-bait in states where it wins seats, keep it away from the states that could expose the lies. Classic divide-and-rule 2.0.
5. What history Will Actually Remember
Future generations won’t remember this as “bold filmmaking.” They’ll remember it as one of the ugliest chapters of modern indian propaganda — how an entire community of Malayalis was deliberately humiliated and stereotyped, just so one political outfit could squeeze out a few extra seats.
The message is loud and clear:
Exploit Kerala’s name for profit and votes.
Insult Malayalis for applause in Delhi, Lucknow, and Ahmedabad.
But never, ever dare data-face them on their own soil.
That’s not marketing.
That’s cowardice wrapped in saffron.