The Kerala Story is bringing back the memories of The Kashmir Files. Needless to say, The Kashmir Files was a national sensation that went on to become one of the most successful films of all time. The Kerala Story is following the same pattern and may have a chance to recreate similar magic.
For the unversed, The Kerala Story is the story of three women who are slowly convinced to marry Muslim women and accept Islam. The conversion happens so slowly that it appears natural to them. They are married to Muslim men who then lead them to join the terrorist organization of ISIS. According to several reports, Kerala saw a high number of recruitments to ISIS from India. A lot of them were women who went to the middle eastern countries as nurses.
The Kerala Story is currently one of the most popular films on IMDb. Also, it is making it a lot to the political debates.
Political leaders as eminent as Shashi Tharoor are posting tweets against the movie. Meanwhile, the supporters of the movie are citing the case of Athulya Ashokan who converted to Islam.
But what are the issues the film is facing apart from the politics around it?
Below is the description of problems that CBFC cut from the film. Have a look
Deleted the dialogue “Via Pakistan, unko paison ki madad bhi America hi karta tha.”
Deleted the dialogue referring to the Communist Party leaders not following any puja rituals.
Deleted dialogues and inappropriate references to all Hindu Gods and re-phrased them in a generic and dignified manner so that the sentiments are not offended.
Deleted the word ‘Indian’ from the dialogue “Indian communists are biggest hypocrites”.
Submitted documentary evidence to the reference made about Alamgir, Aurangzeb, and ISIS.
Replaced the word “Randiyaan” with “Sex slaves”.
Deleted the entire interview of the ex-CM of Kerala, at the end of the film.
Modified suitably the information mentioned about Rameez and Abdul, at the end of the film.
Submitted documentary evidence for the stats mentioned in the film.
Modified the subtitles as per the film’s language and submitted subtitles for the Malayalam song/s.
As you could read, these things could have substantially helped the film but they were omitted. What do you think about The Kerala Story?