New Delhi, April 1 -- Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said that the controversy over Mohanlal-starrer, 'L2: Empuraan' may have been 'manufactured' by movie's producers for publicity.

The former Union Minister also credited Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for turning it into a political row.

"I did not think it was a controversy in the beginning. This is a manufactured controversy. Perhaps it was a strategy of the producers to give it visibility and publicity," Chandrasekhar, the newly-appointed BJP chief of Kerala was quoted by the Indian Express from a weekly podcast.

On Sunday, Chandrasekhar made it clear that he won't watch 'L2: Empuraan' and that the movie tries to build a story by di...