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Sudipto Sen's directorial 'The Kerala Story' has been surrounded by several controversies. Now, the theatres in Tamil Nadu have decided to remove the film due to the poor public reception and concerns about potential law and order problems. As per recent reports, Sudipto Sen and producer Vipul Shah have decided to take legal action against the ban.

According to ETimes, Sudipto Sen and Vipul Shah are in a state of shock because this ban is illegal. “Yes, we are going to court. We will also be conducting a press conference later today,” Sudipto told ETimes.

 
 
 
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Meanwhile, 'The Kerala Story' has an increase in its box office collection. According to the website sacnilk, 'The Kerala Story' has collected around Rs 16.60 crore approximately on day 3 and its total box office collection stands at Rs 35.75 crore approximately. On day 1, it collected Rs 8.03 crore and the box office numbers increased on day 2 with the collection of Rs 11.22 crore.

The movie received backlash after the trailer claimed that 32,000 women from Kerala were forcibly converted and allegedly recruited into ISIS. Later, The Supreme Court declined the petition to halt the release of the film, citing the need to challenge the certification through the appropriate forum.

The Supreme Court said that 'The Kerala Story' has already been cleared by the censor board and the petitioners should instead challenge the film’s certification before the appropriate authority. A bench of justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna said that the plea for a stay the release of the movie cannot be clubbed with the other instances of hate speech since the exhibition of films entails a different process.

Moreover, Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan said that the movie was 'deliberately produced with the aim of communal polarisation and spreading hate propaganda against Kerala'.

"By placing Kerala, the land of secularism, as the centre of religious extremism, it is repeating the Sangh Parivar’s propaganda. Propaganda films and the othering of Muslims should be viewed in the context of various efforts made by the Sangh Parivar to gain an advantage in electoral politics in Kerala," he said.

The movie claims to follow the story of a group of women from Kerala who were converted to Islam to join the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). 'The Kerala Story' stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani. The movie was released on May 5, 2023.