One still from Malayalam film Loca Chapter 1: lunarWhich is attracting the audience for a large number of theaters. , Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The producer of the newly-accused Malayalam film Loca Chapter 1: lunarThe people of Karnataka have released an apology, who accused the film of portraying Bengaluru as “a center of parties and drugs”. He has also assured that a dialogue would be edited “to reduce the girls from Bangalore”.
In an official statement, the production house Vafar films regretted the “oversite” and said that the dialogue that would “unknowingly hurt the feelings of the people of Karnataka” would be removed.
There was a dispute on social media after some users demanded some users to allegedly demanding some alleged aggressive dialogues and sequences to be removed. The film had previously disputed to promote ‘anti-Hindu propaganda’.
In a post on X, National Award winner Kannada director Mansoor said: “In Kannada film BhimaMalayalam Films Duty officer, IngesomeAnd now LocaBengaluru is being depicted as the capital of drugs and crime. Once, it was represented in films as a beautiful city … it has come to such a state due to uncontrolled migration. ,

One still from Malayalam film Loca chapter 1: lunar.
Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
On September 2, Bangalore Police Commissioner Cement Kumar Singh said that the CCB’s social media monitoring cell will look into the issue, and “if there is any violation” then the necessary action will be taken.
Kannada activist Rupesh Rajanna made the film distributor Raj B to remove the word from the film. Shetty’s demand for “Bengaluru women” also slammed the film. He also demanded an apology from the team.

Production House Repsand
In an official statement released on social media, the production house led by actor Duller Salman said, “It has come to our attention that a dialogue distributed by one of the characters in our film Loca: Chapter 1 has unknowingly hurt the feelings of the people of Karnataka. We apologize for being honest and humiliably to accept our apology as soon as possible.
Published – 02 September, 2025 03:07 pm IST