![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/the-kerala-story-film-on-india-women-in-islamic-state-sparks-row/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127577010_keralastory.png&description=Image source, Sunshine Pictures / YouTubeImage caption, The teaser of the film, The Kerala Story, has sparked outrage in IndiaPolice in Kerala have sought legal advice on a complaint about a movie teaser that is sparking controversy in the southern Indian state.In the teaser - for an upcoming movie called The Kerala Story - an actress claims her character is one among 32,000 women from the state who were "converted" into Islamic terrorists.Some politicians from the state have called for the film to be banned.A journalist has written to the state's chief minister seeking an inquiry.The office of the chief minister referred the letter - written by Arvindakshan BR - to the police. "Investigation has started. We have sought legal opinion on the letter as to what action can be initiated," said Sparjan Kumar, police commissioner of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala.In the teaser, a burkha-clad woman says that her name was Shalini Unnikrishnan and she had wanted to become a nurse."Now I am Fatima Ba, an IS terrorist in a jail in Afghanistan," she says, adding that there are "32,000 girls like [her] who have been converted and buried in the deserts of Syria and Yemen"."A deadly game is being played to convert normal girls into dreaded terrorists in Kerala and that too in the open," she says. The teaser has been viewed more than 440,000 times on YouTube in the past six days and has received both criticism and praise.Adah Sharma, the actress, tweeted the teaser of the movie with the hashtag #TrueStory. The film's producer, Vipul Shah, did not respond to the BBC's messages.Mr Arvindakshan, the journalist, told the BBC that he has asked for an inquiry and for the filmmakers to produce evidence because he was outraged by the claims in the teaser."Some cases may have happened but 32,000 is an unbelievable number,'' he said.In an 2021 interview with Citti Media - a media production company - the film's director said that he arrived at that number based on figures given to){kind=link}
Police in Kerala have sought legal advice on a complaint about a movie teaser that is sparking controversy in the southern Indian state.
In the teaser – for an upcoming movie called The Kerala Story – an actress claims her character is one among 32,000 women from the state who were “converted” into Islamic terrorists.
Some politicians from the state have called for the film to be banned.
A journalist has written to the state’s chief minister seeking an inquiry.
The office of the chief minister referred the letter – written by Arvindakshan BR – to the police.