The tickets booked during the day for The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond were being refunded and the film has not been released, the lawyers for the petitioners who opposed the movie's screening said on Friday (February 27, 2026).
Advocate Maitreyi Sachidananda Hegde, who represents one of the petitioners – Sreedev Namboodiri — told PTI in the afternoon that she will not be moving a contempt plea against the film's producer as the movie has not been released and the ticket sales were being refunded.
HC reserves order on appeal against stay on release of The Kerala Story 2
Ms. Hegde, in the morning, mentioned before Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas that despite a stay on the release of the film, ticket bookings for the film were going on.
She mentioned it before the Single Judge even as the matter of the release of the movie was before a Division Bench which had reserved order regarding it on Thursday after a late night hearing.
