• The Kerala Story: Tamil Nadu is on high alert as intelligence agencies warn of demonstrations around the film's premiere

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    The Kerala Story: Tamil Nadu is on high alert as intelligence agencies warn of demonstrations around the film's premiere

    The trailer for The Kerala Story sparked outrage because it claimed that 32,000 girls from the state went missing before joining the Islamic State.

    Digital
    Desk:
    As the debate over 'The Kerala Story' rages on, intelligence agencies in
    Tamil Nadu have issued a warning that the film's release could spark widespread
    protests in the state, according to sources.



    The
    Kerala Story, which will be released in theatres on May 5, portrays how
    thousands of young women were indoctrinated into joining the Islamic State (IS)
    and travelling to places like Syria and Afghanistan.



    The video
    has sparked a political firestorm, with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
    blasting the filmmakers for advancing the Sangh Parivar's objective of
    portraying Kerala as a hotbed of religious extremism and spreading hate
    propaganda against the state.



    Kerala's
    Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram according to Shashi Tharoor, the film is a
    distortion of the state. He also accused the filmmakers of "gross
    exaggeration" and "distortion" of state realities.



    The BJP,
    on the other hand, has come out in favour of the film. Kerala CM and ruling
    CPI(M) stand, according to BJP state president K Surendran, is based on
    "double standards," and they have a "selective freedom of
    expression approach."



    The
    Kerala Story is a film directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal
    Shah that stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani, and Sonia Balani.



    The
    trailer for The Kerala Story sparked outrage because it claimed that 32,000
    girls from the state went missing before joining the Islamic State.



    The
    video, according to the CPI(M) and the Kerala Congress, wrongly alleges that
    the ladies converted, became radicalized, and were deployed in terror missions
    around India and the world.



    Meanwhile,
    the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has given The Kerala Story an
    'A' rating. In addition, the censor board removed ten scenes from the film.