Even as his 'shocking-revelations' hit-worthy movie 'The Kerala Story 2 Goes Beyond’ releases on Feb 27th--- 'showman' producer Vipul A. Shah assures to 'return' to movie-direction! By Sr. Journalist Chaitanya Padukone

As a senior film journalist I have known modest showman producer Vipul Amrutlal Shah  right from his initial 'directorial'  debut Hindi movie Amitabh Bachchan-Akshay Kumar starrer titled 'Aankhen' (2002) which is a slick super-hit crime-thriller !  Over the past  nearly 25 years  Vipul  has produced a galaxy of landmark starrer movies including 'Singh is Kinng' , 'Force', Commando , 'Holiday' and produced-and directed  ' Waqt--The Race Against Time' , and  'Namaste England' ( 2018) ! More recently produced the hard-hitting realistic shock-value super-hit movie  'The Kerala Story '  which won two National Film Awards !

Wasn't Vipul planning to 'return' to his passion of movie-direction. With a cheerful smile, Vipul assures me, that during this current year, he would be occupying the 'director's chair' on the sets with a slick crime-thriller movie ! . As of now its all under-wraps ! 

One blockbuster movie deserves another Pan-India sequel  and daring producer Vipul A. Shah is now ready with his next  The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyond, under his reputed banner Sunshine Pictures, 

The hard-hitting shock-value bold social content trailer, of The Kerala Story 2 – Goes Beyondreleased a while ago,today,  marks the return of one of the most debated cinematic narratives in recent years. A worthy sequel to the blockbuster super-hit 2022 film, The Kerala Story, this new "Beyond" sequel chapter promises a darker, more expansive story-line that traverses multiple Pan-India states and mirrors real-life religious conversion personal tragedies.

The impactful  trailer opens with a chilling proclamation: a scary warning that in the next 25 years, India could possibly be transformed into an Islamic state ?  The narrative then cuts sharply to Rajasthan, where a distraught Hindu family walks into a police station to lodge a POCSO complaint, alleging that their 16-year-old talented classical dancer daughter Divya Paliwal ( played by debutante amazing actress Aditi Bhatia) has been coerced into religious conversion. The emotional weight of the parents’ anguish sets the tone for what follows. 

From there, the story shifts to Madhya Pradesh. A young Hindu girl Neha Sant ( played by brilliant actress Aishwarya Ojha ) is allegedly manipulated into marriage under false pretenses, only to find herself forced into a religious conversion. Her silent suffering and isolation are portrayed as a stark commentary on betrayal and broken trust. 

The third segment takes viewers back to Kerala. A Muslim man proposes a live-in relationship to his Hindu girlfriend.Surekha Nair ( played by acclaimed ,multi-lingual popular actress Ulka Gupta).   When she firmly states that she will not 'convert', the situation escalates. The trailer depicts intense ugly confrontations, including a scene where she is pressured to abandon her beliefs, symbolizing the clash between identity, faith, and personal autonomy..

Directed by 'National Film Award winner Kamakhya Narayan Singh,  the socially volatile film candidly exposes the harrowing 'eye-opener' story of devious deception, brutal domestic violence and traumatic ill-treatment of three innocent Hindu girls, convincingly played by talented, confident ,charming actresses Ulka Gupta, Aditi Bhatia, and Aishwarya Ojha, as mentioned above !

 Whose lives take a terrifying turn after they fall in love with three Muslim boys, relationships that gradually reveal a calculated deceptive agenda of  coerced religious conversion.

 Following the massive impact of The Kerala Story, which shook audiences nationwide with its bold narrative, the sequel promises to push boundaries even further, going beyond comfort, beyond silence, and beyond denial. 

The Kerala Story 2- Goes Beyond movie is produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, co-produced by Aashin A Shah under the banner Sunshine Pictures. The film is slated to release in cinemas on Friday  27th February, 2026