mangaluru after the kashmir files and the kerala story stirred up a hornets nest over their controversial depiction of communal issues a kannada movie that claims to expose the gory truth behind communalization of politics and political murders is all set to hit the screens on june 16vinu balanja the director of bera which is the tulu word for business told toi the film will bear the tagline merchant of deathbera to bear tagline merchant of death director vinu balanja said the film will bear the tagline merchant of death as it attempts to unravel the truth behind murder politics balanja further said the movie exposes religionbased political leadership and how such leaders trade on the lives of innocents to further their political interests they can create vote banks at the cost of others lives with religion acting as a pivot he addedthe movie produced by divakara das has actors suman talwar harshika poonacha harsha vardhan aravind rao in key roles the director claimed the story of bera though not based entirely on reallife incidents is inspired by them incidents of communal politics are reported not only in the coastal districts of karnataka but also in other parts of the state moreover we have witnessed the emergence of sleeper cells of terrorist organizations even in coastal karnataka the movie throws a light on that also the director saidcommenting on the controversies over the kashmir files and the kerala story balanja said both movies had their own pattern bera is a different story with a pattern of its own and it is left to the audience to decode its message