The trailer of ‘The Kerala Story’ came under fire as it claimed that 32,000 girls from the state went missing and later joined the terrorist group, ISIS. The Kerala Story ban in Kerala, gets A certificate, 10 scene deleted. Meanwhile, The Kerala Story has received ‘A’ certificate.
Besides, 10 scenes, including the entire interview of a former Kerala chief minister understood to be VS Achuthanandan has been deleted, according media report. The film ‘The Kerala Story’ which is set to be released in cinemas on May 5, has triggered a political storm in the country.
Congress MP from Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor has stated that the film is a misrepresentation of the state. In a tweet on Tuesday, Tharoor wrote, “Let me stress, I am not calling for a ban on the film. Freedom of expression does not cease to be valuable just because it can be misused. But Keralites have every right to say loud and clear that this is a misrepresentation of our reality”.
According to the CPI(M) and the Congress in Kerala, the film falsely claims that the women got converted, radicalised, and joined ISIS terror organisation. The parties had hit out at ‘The Kerala Story’, saying freedom of expression was not a licence to spew venom in society, and that the film was an attempt to destroy the communal harmony of the state.
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The Congress had urged the government not to permit to the screen of the controversial movie as it aimed to create “communal divisions in society through false claims”. State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the makers of The Kerala Story for carrying forward the agenda of the Sangh Parivar to project Kerala as a centre of religious extremism and to spread hate propaganda against the state.
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