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Thiruvananthapuram, May 13, 2023 (PPI-OT):In India, the Governor of Kerala, Arif Mohammed Khan, has said that there have been “planned efforts” over the past couple of decades to disturb communal harmony in the state. Answering questions by reporters in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram on the controversial film “The Kerala Story”, Arif Khan said he has not watched the movie and observed that there was an atmosphere of cordiality and brotherhood among people of different faiths in the state.
On the Congress terming the film “an effort to defame the Muslims”, he said that he will not comment on the political statements because the post he holds doesn’t allow him to do so. Directed by Sudipto Sen, controversial movie “The Kerala Story” shows how some women from Kerala were forced to convert to Islam and recruited by the terror group Islamic State (IS). The film was released on May 5.
While West Bengal, where the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is in power, banned the movie after three days of its screening in theatres, Tamil Nadu has not banned the film but the exhibitors have withdrawn from cinema halls owing to security concerns.
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