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‘The Kerala Story’ Screening Refused by West Bengal Theatre Official In-Spite SC Staying Ban

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‘The Kerala Story’ screening has been refused by theatre official in-spite of Supreme Court staying ban by West Bengal authorities.

‘The Kerala Story’ Screening Refused by Theatre Official In-Spite SC Staying Ban by West Bengal Government

‘The Kerala Story’ Screening Refused by Theatre Official: Adah Sharma’s The Kerala Story has prepare a model new benchmark for filmmakers with its monstrous run on the sector office in its third week. The movie confronted a lot of backlash and criticism as a result of it dealt with a controversial theme. The film depends on the conversion of Malayali women to Islam by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). The Kerala Story moreover showcases the recruitment of women from Kerala by the unconventional militant outfit. The level out of ‘Love Jihaad’ created a political row as a result of the West Bengal authorities banned the movie throughout the state.

‘THE KERALA STORY’ SCREENING REFUSED BY THEATRE OFFICIAL IN WEST BENGAL

The Supreme Court stayed the ban imposed by the state authorities on May 18, 2023. The film continues to be not working in lots of the halls in West Bengal. The West Bengal authorities has nonetheless not issued any new spherical. Arijit Dutta, Managing Director of Priya Entertainment, suggested ANI “This is a blockbuster movie but we are sorry as all slots are filled up for the next two weeks. It’s not possible for us to cancel the booked slots to make a place for the new one. After two or three weeks we can think about the screening of The Kerala Story.” After the ban was revoked by SC, Sudipto Sen acknowledged “We are in constant touch with distributors from West Bengal. We are receiving calls from hall owners that they are receiving calls not to show the film,” as reported by ANI. A reserving official on the Ashoka cinema (Behala) Durbadal Chatterjee in an interaction with ANI acknowledged “We know that it’s a blockbuster movie, in fact when the movie was released, we screened here for four days after that government banned the movie. At that time all shows of this movie were booked. Now we can’t do anything.”

The Kerala Story launched on May 5, 2023 and is produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The film moreover stars Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Siddhi Idnani and Devadarshini in important roles.

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