Muslims Activists disrupt ‘The Kerala Story’ Show In UK bully audience term it as ‘Hindutva propaganda

Muslims Activists disrupt ‘The Kerala Story’ Show In UK
bully audience term it as
‘Hindutva propaganda

Despite The Kerala Story becoming a big hit in India even after it was embroiled in controversy following its trailer release, now it is learnt that some Muslim Activists in UK disrupted the shows in Birmingham theatres amidst shouting and bullying the audience.

What is bewildering is the fact that the film continues to headline.
Several videos of the incident in UK have been going viral across different social media platforms, where people could be seen tormenting those who went to see the film.

For the unversed, the film, directed by Sudipto Sen, is based on the story of three young girls from different parts of Kerala who gets abducted and converted to Islam and were forced to join ISIS. Since the trailer came out, the film has been shrouded with controversies, and it even got banned in West Bengal after its release. The film’s screening was initially cancelled in the UK, but it started after the board gave it an 18+ rating.

As per several reports, one of the groups of Muslim activists led by Shakeel Afsar was trying to rattle the show in one of the theatres in UK’s Birmingham, the video clip has been re-posted by Shakeel, where the group could be seen bullying the viewers who went to watch The Kerala Story. He quoted the post with the caption, “Extremists BJP/HINDUTVA Propaganda Has No Place in The UK!” The original was shared by a journalist named Robert Carter with the caption, “BREAKING: Chaotic scenes at UK screening of controversial anti-Muslim Indian movie The Kerala Story has been condemned as ‘Hindutva propaganda’ depicting Muslims as terrorists & ‘love Jihad.

The protesters reportedly led by Shakeel could be seen trying to make the viewers leave the theatres by harassing them, but ultimately failed to do so and had to exit the venue.

Ironically, The Kerala Story has been allegedly termed as a propaganda film and its shows in multiple languages were cancelled in the UK across 31 cinema halls there. But several Indians living there criticised the move and protested against it making them go back on their move and bring the movie back to the theatres.

The Kerala Story has been doing evidently well at the Indian box office as its close to reaching the milestone of 200 crores.

News input KV Raman