India, Feb. 27 -- Director Sudipto Sen, who helmed The Kerala Story, recently made a comment that some believed was a dig at producer Kamakhya Narayan Singh, the director of The Kerala Story 2. At the launch of his upcoming production, Charak, Sudipto claimed his statement had been 'distorted' and explained what he meant.

Sudipto claimed that his statement was distorted and added, "When I made The Kerala Story, I researched enough to defend every word in it. I even have proof. When The Kerala Story 2 was planned, I was still involved, and Vipul (Amrutlal Shah, producer) ji said till the last day, Dada, you have to do it."

"But when it was decided that The Kerala Story 2 would also include stories from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, I sai...