tax-free in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh.
On the decision to ban the film, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
said, “It is to avoid any incident of hatred and violence, and maintain
peace in the state.
Also raking up the ‘Kashmir Files’, a film on the alleged genocide of
Kashmiri Pandits, which ran to packed houses despite evoking protests from
the Opposition, the Bengal CM said, “What was ‘The Kashmir Files’? It was
meant purely to humiliate a particular section of society. What is ‘The
Kerala Story’? It is a distorted story.”
The CM directed the state chief secretary to remove the movie from all
theatres where it is being screened.
Helmed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the film evoked
sharp opposition from Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who called it
“RSS propaganda”.Congress MP from Kerala, Shashi Tharoor accused the makers
of “misrepresenting” Kerala.
Campaigning for the BJP in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, too, weighed in on the controversy, accusing the Congress of standing
with terrorists.
