Thiruvananthapuram, May 4: The Democratic Youth Federation of India on Thursday filed a complaint with the Kerala Police Chief, seeking legal action against the producer and director of the controversial film. Kerala Story’.

TYFI State Secretary VK Sanoj complained to DGP Anil Kant that the trailer of the recently released Hindi film insulted the southern state and spread sectarianism.

In the complaint, the left-wing organization alleged that the trailer, which portrays some members of the Muslim community as ISIS terrorists, would create communal divisions in the society and lead to riots.

There is an “ulterior motive” behind the misrepresentation of the state, saying it is Kerala’s story.

The film’s trailer is a “criminal offence” under IPC Sections 153A and 295A (which criminalises the promotion of enmity between groups on the basis of religion) and hence the film’s producer and director should be booked under it. Sections and inquiry should be initiated against them.

Written and directed by Sudipto Sen, ‘The Kerala Story’ starring Adah Sharma will hit the theaters on May 5.

According to the CPI(M) and the Congress in Kerala, the film falsely claims that 32,000 women were converted, radicalized and engaged in terrorist activities in India and the world. PTI