India, March 5 -- Recently, Sudipto Sen, director of The Kerala Story, criticised the sequel's research and claimed that the film was based on WhatsApp forwards. While the director later clarified that his remarks had been misconstrued, Vipul Amrutlal Shah, producer of The Kerala Story 2, has reacted strongly to Sen's criticism.

In an interview with India Today, Vipul talked about Sudipto Sen's criticism and said, "I would say grapes are sour. To be very honest, I have never spoken about this, but I would like to put it to rest. He had written a script for The Kerala Story 2, which was absolutely trash. I did not want to make that film, and that is why I went ahead with [The Kerala Story 2 director] Kamakhya [Narayan Singh]."

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