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The Kerala Story

Hindi5 May 20232h 18mA · 18+Crime · Drama

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A controversial drama about a Kerala woman lured into ISIS conversion and trafficking; critics describe graphic violence, explicit… Family Room →

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Every review we read

Scores normalised to 0–100. A 3/5 shows as 60. Each row links to where it came from when we have the link.

The Hindu

Anuj Kumar · 5 May 2023

Kumar finds the film emotionally exploitative and guided more by local politics than cinematic sense, though he credits Adah Sharma's earnest… Read it there →

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Scroll.in

Nandini Ramnath · 5 May 2023

Ramnath argues the film is itself an act of brainwashing, weaponising disputed statistics and Islamophobic tropes to target the audience; she… Read it there →

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India Today

Zinia Bandyopadhyay · 5 May 2023

The Kerala Story Movie Review: A serious issue lost to bad direction, worse writing Read it there →

Published · 1/5 Filmi’s reading 12

The Quint

Pratikshya Mishra · 5 May 2023

Mishra finds the film uninterested in its own screenplay, using graphic sexual violence for shock value while distorting the real stories it… Read it there →

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The Indian Express

Shubhra Gupta · 5 May 2023

The Kerala Story movie review: A poorly-made, poorly-acted rant Read it there →

Published · 1/5 Filmi’s reading 10

The News Minute

Sowmya Rajendran · 5 May 2023

Rajendran calls the film a no-nuance propaganda exercise that thrives on shock value, detailing graphic sexual violence used to demonise Muslim… Read it there →

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Film Companion

Deepanjana Pal · 5 May 2023

Pal argues the film is pure propaganda that exploits real victims' trauma to push a sexist, Islamophobic agenda, with inept writing and direction… Read it there →

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Rediff

Deepa Gahlot · 5 May 2023

The Kerala Story Review: Distorted Read it there →

Published · 1/5 Filmi’s reading 8

NDTV

Saibal Chatterjee · 5 May 2023

The Kerala Story Review: The Writing Is Consistently Cringeworthy, The Acting Is No Better Read it there →

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Synopsis

A converted Muslim woman narrates her ordeal of how she once wanted to become a nurse but was abducted from her home and manipulated by religious vanguards and turned into an ISIS terrorist and landed in Afghanistan jail.

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