The CM of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee announced a ban on Sudipto Sen’s film The Kerala Story. The film landed in controversy since the release of its trailer. The trailer was criticized for claiming earlier that 32,000 girls from Kerala had disappeared and later joined ISIS.
The news channels quoted Mamata Banerjee saying, “West Bengal govt has decided to ban the movie The Kerala Story. This is to avoid any incident of hatred and violence, and to maintain peace in the state.” She also said, “What is The Kashmir files? It is to humiliate one section. What is The Kerala story?.. It is a distorted story.” Reacting to the decision, film producer Vipul Shah said, “If that is what she has done, we will take legal action. Whatever is possible under the provisions of law, we will fight.”
Recently, The Kerala Story was banned from theaters in Tamil Nadu. President of Tamil Nadu Theatre and Multiplex Owners Association, M Subramaniam, confirmed the decision and told the Media, “The film was only shown in a few multiplexes owned by pan-India groups, mostly PVR. Locally owned multiplexes had already decided not to show the film, as it did not have any popular stars. In Coimbatore, for instance, there were two shows so far—one on Friday and one on Saturday. Even those did not do well. Given that, theaters decided that it was not worth going through the threat of protests and such.”
The Kerala Story stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani in the lead roles. Directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the film triggered a massive controversy, with many calling it a propaganda film. Many thought that the movie might get completely banned.
However, the controversies or the bans have failed to affect the success of The Kerala Story at the box office as the film collected a net of 35 Crores first 3 days, which is a phenomenal number.
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