Banning 'The Kerala Story' - for and against.

Even as the demand for banning the controversial film The Kerala Story - chronicles the story of four girls who run away from their homes to get recruited into the ISIS and consequently go through hell - gets louder, the authorities maintain that there is little scope for the state government to intervene in the issue. Once the Central Board certifies a film, states cannot interfere in its screening said the Cultural Affairs minister.

Echoing the demand to ban the film, the PM state secretary had said that the ban will not solve the issue.

"Let the film be released here. The response should be by producing a counter narrative to the film forthwith, rather than banning it".

Meanwhile, legal experts point out that the district administrations could intervene if the screening of the film creates any law and order problem. The film can, then, be banned.

Courtesy. The New Sunday Express.

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