The Kerala Catholic Youth Movement (KCYM) unit of the Thamarassery Diocese of the Syro Malabar Church has postponed the screening of the controversial movie The Kerala Story, which was scheduled for April 13, following the growing protest against it.
“We have postponed the screening for a date after the general elections since the issue is being overly politicised at the moment and that was never our intention,” Fr. George Vellakkakudiyil, Director of KCYM, Diocese of Thamarasseri, told The Hindu in Kozhikode . “Some units of the KCYM have been screening the movie for some niche audience. However, we will not do a formal announcement until after the elections,” he added.
The 2023 movie directed by Sudipto Sen was one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of the year, despite a majority of the critics characterising it as a work of Islamophobic propaganda.
