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AR Rahman shares the 'other' Kerala Story! Fans cheer him on!

PUBLISHED DATE : 04/May/2023

AR Rahman shares the 'other' Kerala Story! Fans cheer him on!

The Kerala Story based on forced/manipulated religious conversions is an upcoming Hindi movie which is all set to release in theaters on May 5, 2023. The film is based on real life incidents where ISIS-terrorists in the past have been successful in recruiting Hindu and Christian Malayali males, with their wives/family having no knowledge about what or who ISIS is.

 

However given the anti-muslim sentiment that has forever existed in the Hindi-speaking states of India, and has risen dramatically under the BJP-regime, The Kerala Story is being viewed as another exaggerated tool of Muslim-hate. 

 

This view isn't far-fetched either, given Sudipto Sen, director of The Kerala Story was the only IFFI jury member to support The Kashmir Files, (another controversially Hindus Vs Muslims movie based on real-life incidents) when it was called 'a vulgar propaganda film' by fellow jury member Nadav Lapid. [The incident brought a significant amount of international attention on the growing anti-Muslim hate in India]. 

 

The Kerala story has also left many in India fuming, especially the state leaders of Kerala and national political leaders who are from Kerala. Amidst this controversy, a video of a traditional Hindu marriage taking place inside a Kerala mosque started circulating on the internet. The video explains that a Hindu mother with no means of marrying off her daughter sought the help of a mosque, and the mosque more than generously aided in making the wedding happen. This video was widely tagged the 'other Kerala story, owing to the ongoing controversy. 

 

Two time Grammy and Oscar winning musician A.R. Rahman, shared this video on Twitter with the caption,

 

 

And this is what his fans had to say:

 


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