‘Not our Kerala story’: Shashi Tharoor slams makers, day after Congress asks state not to allow screening of film

It may be *your* Kerala story. It is not *our* Kerala story. pic.twitter.com/Y9PTWrNZuL

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 30, 2023

Meanwhile, Vijayan said that the trailer of the film appears to be “deliberately produced” with the alleged aim of creating communal polarisation and spreading hate propaganda against the state. He added that such propaganda films and the alienation of Muslims depicted in them should be viewed in the context of Sangh Parivar’s efforts to gain political advantage in Kerala.

Vijayan alleged that since the Sangh Parivar’s politics of division was not working in Kerala, as it did in other places, it was trying to spread it through a film based on “fake stories”, unsupported by any fact or evidence.

“In the trailer of the movie, we see a hoax that 32,000 women in Kerala were converted and became members of the Islamic State. This bogus story is a product of the Sangh Parivar’s lie factory,” the CM said in his statement.

Viayan urged Malayalis to be vigilant against attempts to spread communal unrest in the society through false propaganda. He also warned of legal action against anti-social activities.

‘The Kerala Story’, starring Adah Sharma, is set to release on May 5. ‘The Kerala Story’, written and directed by Sudipto Sen, is portrayed as “unearthing” the events behind “approximately 32,000 women” allegedly going missing in the southern state. The film falsely claims they converted, got radicalised and were deployed in terror missions in India and the world.

With inputs from PTI