The Kerala Story 2 - movie review
As much as I would like that the entire hyped-up storyline of the much touted propaganda film The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond is at least partly fictional, the reality seems to be otherwise. This is purely based on anecdotal evidence as seen from several cases that gets the much-needed media attention from time to time. Anecdotes corroborate with fiction. And one could connect the dots backwards, perhaps. Unlike the prequel, the second edition of the film is not entirely based out of Kerala, rather shows the plight of Hindu religion girls across the Hindi-belt of India, at Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan. Surekha Nair (Ulka Gupta) is the only child and is brought up in a secular environment by her progressive Malayalee parents. She informs them one day about “her decision" to move to Delhi to live-in with Salim (Sumit Gahlawat), a forward-thinking journalist, much to their chagrin. The typical father’s love doesn’t hold her wishes back and she moves on to another city, eve...