The Kerala Story: The film The Kerala Story is yet to release but it is already mired in controversy. Its trailer triggered a political war and the Congress and some other political outfits are demanding a ban on its screening. The Kerala Story releases on May 5.
The makers of the film released the trailer on social media on April 26. Soon after the Congress said the trailer was “full of lies and painted the Muslim community in a bad light.” It demanded a ban on its screening.
‘A bundle of lies’
Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition in Kerala VD Satheesan said, “The film is a bundle of lies. It says 32,000 women converted and went to Islamic State-held areas. Its trailer gave enough hints of its content. It is intended to defame the state and community and Sangh Parivar outfits are behind this.”
The trailer of The Kerala Story triggered protests in many parts of the state. Political outfits have called a propaganda film, and the backlash is similar to that faced by Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files.
Makers of The Kerala Story are marketing Sudipto Sen’s directorial as “based on true events”. It tells the story of 32,000 women who reportedly belonged to Hindu and Christian communities, but converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Kerala.
The events in the film show that four women from Kerala converted to Islam and traveled to Afghanistan with their husbands to join ISIS between 2016 and 2018. However, the facts portrayed in the movie are yet to be verified.
Likely to spread hate
Further, the movie features dialogues against Hindu deities spoken by Muslim characters and touches on the issue of ‘love jihad’ and the hijab debate in the country. There is scene in the trailer where a Muslim priest can be heard telling youngsters to “trap Hindu women by impregnating them”.
The Congress and other outfits feel that the contents of The Kerala Story misrepresented facts and defamed Kerala as a state. The INC also said that the representation of the Muslim community in the movie is likely to spread hate.
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