‘The Kerala Story': Kerala CM calls Adah Sharma-movie 'propaganda'

The controversy over 'The Kerala Story', a movie written and directed by Sudipto Sen, continued to rage on with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan calling it 'a product of the Sangh Parivar lie factory.'

The movie trailer has triggered an uproar in the CPM-ruled state, with both the ruling party and opposition Congress calling it an effort to tarnish the state's image at international level and a bid to disturb its secular fabric.

However, the Chief Minister himself lashed out against the makers on Sunday, stating that the movie was trying to spread the propaganda of Sangh Parivar.

The Chief Minister added that it was "necessary to see propaganda films in the background of various efforts made by Sangh Parivar to gain an advantage in electoral politics in Kerala."

Vijayan said the Sangh Parivar was trying to spread division politics through fake stories and movies.

Just after the trailer and the poster, which showed a burqa-clad woman with the tagline 'Uncovering the truth that was kept hidden' was released, Congress urged the government to ban the screening of the film.

The makers had announced that they were waiting for approval from the Censor Board, after which the movie would hit the marquee. 

'The Kerala Story' is backed by Sunshine Pictures Private Limited, founded by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, who serves as the producer, creative director and co-writer on the film.

Meanwhile, Adah Sharma, who plays a lead role in the movie, said the story was "really scary" and the "fact that people are calling it propaganda or are thinking about numbers before that girls went missing is scarier."

The story follows the story of a woman who converted her faith and join the extremist ISIS of Iraq and Syria. Adah said she met a few of these girls and "can't explain it in words, as I can't be doing justice to their pain in one or two lines."

She added that all the controversy around the number of women would disappear after one watches the movie.