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

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• May 4, 2023 | Kabir Chakraborty

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.