Many Indian State Including West Bengal Ban The Kerala Story
“This (ban) is to avoid any incident of hatred and violence, and to maintain peace in the state”.'The Kerala Story' was a movie that Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and his cabinet colleagues saw on Friday at Kerala's Lok Bhavan.
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Sudipto Sen's film "The Kerala Story" shows how some Kerala women were taken in by the Islamic State (IS) and driven into converting to Islam. The movie was released on May 5th, Friday, and has created many controversies around the nation. Many states put a ban on this movie.
Why is “The Kerala Story” a centre of controversy?
Right from its trailer release, this story has become the talk of the town as it is marketed by the audiences themselves who believe that the film is misinterpreting the Islamic culture and generating hatred for people against the Islam as a religion. The leading actor, Adah Sharma elaborates her viewpoint about the film in the following words:
“The film tells you about people misusing Islam for terrorism to join ISIS (militant groups) camps. So, whoever thinks that film is about Islam is wrong. “The Kerala Story” is not about religion but about terrorism, which doesn’t have a religion.” Several scenes of this movie, “The Kerala Story” have been called out to create a false narrative about the Muslim community and inflaming tensions between communities.
The mainstream critics have criticised the actors' performances and their "lack of nuance". They stated that: "thoughts about Islam and [religious] conversion seem to have been sourced from hate-filled WhatsApp groups".
Why Mamta Banarjee Ban “The Kerala Story”?
Mamata Banerjee was concerned that screening the movie in Bengal could be dangerous and that things could get out of hand. She had mentioned on the order of the ban:
“This (ban) is to avoid any incident of hatred and violence, and to maintain peace in the state”.
She also stated that:
“Why did they make The Kashmir Files? To humiliate one section... What is The Kerala Story? If they can prepare The Kashmir Files to condemn the Kashmiri people... now they are defaming Kerala. Next, they will make ‘The Bengal Files’” .
Yogi Aditya Nath Support “The Kerala Story” Movie
'The Kerala Story' was a movie that Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and his cabinet colleagues saw on Friday at Kerala's Lok Bhavan.
Keshav Prasad Maurya, the deputy chief minister, and Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, the president of the Uttar Pradesh BJP, attended this special screening in addition.
Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, banned "The Kerala Story" after it was shown in theatres for three days.
On the other hand, while the movie has not been banned in Tamil Nadu, distributors have stopped showing it in theatres due to security concerns.
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Which states of India ban “The Kerala Story”?
“The Kerala Story” is a must watch movie and Indian audiences are loving the concept of how Indian young girls are getting targeted by the international terrorist agencies. This movie is banned by West Bengal’s CM in their state, there are other states and politicians who supported this movie.
Madhya Pradesh together with Uttar Pradesh, decided to declare “The Kerala Story” tax-free in order to help this movie enhance in its box office rankings. The supreme court has questioned Banerjee about this ban made by her on the movie.
Conclusion
The complete detail about the ban on “The Kerala Story” movie by West Bengal and restrictions made by other states is given above here.
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