The Kerala Story 2 Release Blocked, A Sequel Three Years in the Making, a Petition Filed by a Biologist, and a Court Order That Arrived With 18 Hours to Spare The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond — the sequel to the 2023 Hindi film that became one of the most politically charged box-office stories of that year — was scheduled to release in theatres across India on February 27, 2026. It did not. The Kerala High Court, hearing three petitions challenging the film’s censor certification, issued an interim stay order on Thursday, February 26 — less than 18 hours before the first morning shows were to begin — and directed that the film cannot be released…