Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 20 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday criticised the trailer launch of 'The Kerala Story 2', a sequel to its earlier part about a fictitious tale of three young women from Kerala being forced to join a terrorist outfit, warning the public about the intentions behind the film. The chief minister said the film had "anti-Kerala propaganda" and exhorted the public to reject the film. The Bharatiya Janata Party responded by flagging the filmmakers' right to freedom of speech and expression.

"Our state had understood that the first part of the film, filled with unfathomable lies, hatred and anti-Kerala propaganda, was made with communal motives. In fact, the people had rejected that distorted creatio...