RAIR By Amy Mek
Based on actual events, The Kerala Story uncovers the harrowing experiences of Hindu and Christian girls trapped in love jihad and forced into ISIS terrorist ranks..
The upcoming film ‘The Kerala Story’ portrays the heartbreaking and gut-wrenching stories of Hindu and Christian girls in Kerala who were first trapped into “love jihad” by Muslims in Kerala and later sent to Iraq and Syria to become ISIS terrorists. The film stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani in the lead roles and is set to release on May 5 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam language.
The film, directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, is based on actual events that shocked Kerala, narrating the story of 32,000 women from Kerala who were radicalized to join the ISIS terrorist ranks. Many of these women were converted to Islam from Hinduism and Christianity with the motive of sending them to terrorist organizations.
The trailer of ‘The Kerala Story’ was released on April 26 and is a dramatic representation of the brutal reality of how innocent girls were systematically trapped and converted to Islam before being trafficked to ISIS in middle eastern countries. The trailer opens with a scene of the picturesque terrain of Kerala and establishes Shalini Unnikrishnan – the lead character played by Adah Sharma. Shalini, an ISIS bride from Kerala, tells officers interrogating her, “Rather than knowing when I joined ISIS, it’s more important to know why and how I joined ISIS, Sir.”
