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Box-office update: The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond debuts amid earlier legal challenges and has already pulled in Rs 5.40 crore by its second day. Helmed by Kamakhya Narayan Singh, the movie gained momentum once the Kerala High Court lifted the stay on its release, after petitions questioned its U/A certification. Read on to know…
Despite a last-minute legal hurdle, ‘The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond’ opened on February 27, 2026, earning an estimated ₹3.5 crore on its opening day. Early box-office data indicate a subdued start in Kerala, with expectations of improvement as the week unfolds. The release had been initially stayed by the Kerala High Court before the…
KOCHI: A division bench of the Kerala high court on Friday stayed the single bench order that halted the release and public exhibition of the film, ‘The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond’.The bench, comprising Justices Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and P V Balakrishnan, gave the order on appeals filed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, proprietor of…
The Kerala High Court Division Bench on Friday cleared the way for the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story 2’ by lifting the temporary ban imposed earlier. The Bench, comprising Justices S A Dharmadhikari and P V Balakrishnan, put on hold the interim order passed by Single Bench judge Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, which…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala High Court on Friday stayed for two weeks its single judge order that had put the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond’ on hold.The division bench stayed the single judge’s interim order which had put the film’s release on hold for 15 days.The development comes amid…
The Kerala High Court has halted the release of ‘The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond’, citing concerns over communal disharmony and a disregard for legal guidelines by the CBFC. The court emphasized that content potentially disrupting social harmony falls outside free speech protections. The Central government will now review the film’s certification within two…
The trailer of Kerala Story 2 opens with a bold claim — “Insha Allah, in the next 25 years, India will be an Islamic state under Sharia law”. It then goes on to assure the viewer that the film is “based on many true events”.It is an attention-grabbing beginning. But it has also reopened a…
NEW DELHI: The Kerala High Court on Thursday issued an interim stay on the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond’, for 15 days, a day before its scheduled to release on February 27.The Court observed that, prima facie, there appeared to be non-application of mind by the censor board while granting…
Kerala Health Minister Veena George sustained a neck injury during a protest by KSU members at Kannur railway station KANNUR: Kerala health minister Veena George was injured during a protest by members of Kerala Students Union (KSU) at the railway station in Kannur on Wednesday afternoon. She was admitted to the district hospital before being…
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to rename ‘Kerala’ as ‘Keralam’, aligning with a popular and long-standing demand of people in the state. PM Modi said Tuesday’s decision “reflects the will of the people of the state”. The state govt had earlier made two requests to Centre to change the name.Announcing the…
