The Kerala Story is a, attempt to save the Hindu and Christian women of Kerala who are impregnated by Muslim men and transported to Syria. They had left India with their spouses and a group of others to join the ISIS. However, all the “creative” liberties it takes with these stories are presented as the absolute truth, with no serious attempt to understand why such radicalisation takes place and what feeds it.
Before its release, for instance, the promos claimed that the film was about “32,000” women from Kerala who had been misled into joining ISIS. When the number was fact-checked, the team backtracked and made it “3”. The film, though, not only has this imaginary figure of “32,000” but…