‘I am not surprised at all’: Sudipto Sen on video of chaotic scenes at UK screening of Kerala Story

Filmmaker Sudipto Sen aimed to tell the real story of the Kerala women who were converted to Islam and taken to Syria. story of kerala Followed three such women and showed the horrors of such incidents. The film faced opposition as well as support from various sections of the country.

It has been almost a month since its release but the film is attracting the audience to the theatres. however, story of kerala The process of court disputes is also going on. Recently, a bunch of videos went viral from a UK theater in Birmingham, where a man can be seen chanting during the screening of The Kerala Story.

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Chaotic scenes at a UK screening of controversial Indian anti-Muslim film The Kerala Story.

Muslim activist @shakeelafsar8 interrupts the film, a furious argument breaks out with the audience.#TheKeralaStory What has been condemned as ‘Hindutva propaganda’ depicting Muslims as … pic.twitter.com/z4VXBBckbV

— Robert Carter (@Bob_cart124) May 19, 2023

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Director Sudipto Sen has now reacted to the video. According to times of India, the director revealed that one of the men causing chaos in the video is a ‘well-known radical Muslim leader’. He further said, ‘I am not surprised at all that he did this. Because by doing so they are making the case stronger.

He further added, “Only Jihadis and fundamentalists are opposing my film”. Despite controversies and many people claiming that The Kerala Story is anti-Muslim, director and producer Vipul Shah said the film portrays the tyranny of terrorism and does not target any particular religion.

Shakeel Afsar, a radical Islamist from UK, disrupted the screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ and raised slogans of Free Kashmir.

This is the same person who incited mobs against the Hindu community in the UK during the Leicester violence through his Instagram stories. pic.twitter.com/QODxNkdFey

— Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) May 20, 2023

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