‘The Kerala Story’ is the cinema of truth that needs to be acknowledged

Many such tales, stories based on true events have become a part of the cinematic screen. Which has always been discussed. After the independence of the country and even before that, many such filmmakers have tried their best to bring the story of the society’s agony to the society through cinema. Many such films were made, due to which the audience of cinema has been aware of Indian philosophy of life. Every cinema has made the society aware of the present and has given direction to the future. That’s why we cannot deny the significance of cinema. After these 75 years of independence, The Tashkent Files, The Kashmir Files and the currently released film ‘The Kerala Story’ introduce the audience to the situation there and are warning the country and the world that terrorism and terrorist organizations Targeting in a way. Anyway, the work of the cinema society is not only to entertain, but also to educate the society and the country by making them aware of the circumstances. Cinema based on such truth should never be viewed through political prism.

No religion can be related to unrighteousness. That’s why it is wrong to discuss ‘The Kerala Story’ on religious grounds. This film is purely a cinema of truth which is being accepted by the entire society. Everyone connects to the aspects of this film and feels themselves in the situation there, this can be the psychological side of any film. When the viewer after watching that film connects that whole story with his life and society. ‘The Kerala Story’ depicts a side where daughters are coerced into joining terrorism by instilling fear, instilling hatred towards their faith, belief and family. This whole story has been shown sequentially in the film. The filmmaker and the entire team have done complete justice to the story. The whole film tells the reality there, that’s why the audience of the world along with the country is connecting with this film. Its success shows that it is being accepted by the entire society and it is not a political and hysterical film anywhere, about which apprehensions are being expressed. This will be such an event in the history of films that democratization of films can also be called cinema, increasing audience in cinema houses and beginning of a new chapter in film making. In other words, we can see this as a new era of Indian cinema. This is a new beginning of the cinema of truth.

– Neha Payal

actress and film scholar