The Tamil Nadu government has issued an alert to all Collectors and Superintendents of Police for keeping a close vigil on the law and order situation in the State and maintaining it in the wake of the scheduled release of the feature film, The Kerala Story, on Friday.
The movie has kicked up a controversy among many parties and other groups in Kerala and elsewhere as the film, according to critics, has sought to portray Kerala as a fertile ground for recruiting impressionable youth for terrorist cause in the recent past. Reports in sections of the media indicated that the movie was scheduled for release in four languages — Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.
A senior official said it was customary for the government to issue the alert whenever it foresaw the possibility of any trouble breaking out on account of certain events, including the release of feature films. The move was based on inputs from the intelligence wing of the police.
