Movie Reviews 190

The Kerala Story is a movie that exposes the alleged phenomenon of "love jihad", a conspiracy theory that claims that Muslim men lure Hindu women into converting to Islam and joining terrorist groups. The movie is based on the real-life cases of Nimisha Fathima and Bindu Sampath, two women from Kerala who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  The movie stars Adah Sharma as Shalini Unnikrishnan/Fatima Ba, a Hindu woman who was abducted and radicalized by extremist Muslims; Yogita Bihani as Nimah Mathew, a Christian woman who was deceived and converted by her lover; Sonia Balani as Asifa, a Muslim woman who was brainwashed and recruited by her husband; and Siddhi Idnani as Geetanjali Menon, a Hindu woman who was tricked and converted by her boyfriend. The movie was directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah . Story: The movie begins with Shalini Unnikrishnan (Adah Sharma), a Hindu woman who converted to Islam and joine...