India, March 30 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday condemned the Sangh Parivar, accusing it of spreading communalism through hate campaigns against the Malayalam movie, 'L2 Empuraan', starring Mohanlal.

Vijayan, who watched the film a day earlier, said that the Sangh Parivar's outrage stemmed from its reference to "one of the most brutal genocides the country has ever seen."

"I saw the film Empuran, which is leading the Malayalam film industry to new heights. I saw the film at a time when the Sangh Parivar is unleashing communalism through widespread hate campaigns against the film, its actors and crew," Vijayan wrote in Malayalam on Facebook.

"The fact that the film references one of the most brutal genocides the coun...