With The Kerala Story to hitting the screens, the distributor of the movie says “no divide as such” over the screening , but exhibitors have adopted a “wait and watch” strategy.
Dubbed as “Sangh Parivar propaganda” by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, seeks to portray Kerala as a fertile ground for religious conversions and recruitment to the IS group.
The censor board ordered the deletion of dialogues referring to “the United States funding terrorists via Pakistan”, and “Communist Party not allowing Hindus to perform their rituals”.
Even though The Kerala Story has created a buzz, theatres in Kerala are finding it difficult to accommodate the movie as existing movies like Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum are doing so well.
With the Guardians of the Galaxy releasing on Friday and the previous week’s releases — Sisu, Ponniyin Selvan 2, Vinod Iyer, partner of Crown Theatre said it is difficult to accommodate The Kerala Story
A source close to the movie industry said that most of the theatres in Malappuram won’t be showing The Kerala Story as Sulaikha Manzil is running strong.