Actor Tovino Thomas has reacted and spoken about the allegations made in the recent film The Kerala Story. The actor stated that since the facts and figures were changed by the makers, the story of the film cannot be generalized to Kerala, where he hails from. The Kerala Story, which is directed by Sudipto Sen, has been discussed with calls for a ban in some states like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Since its release on May 5, the film has been winning ₹45.72 crore to the exchequer. (Read also: Kerala Story director calls West Bengal ban ‘politically motivated’, asks CM Banerjee to watch film)
Tovino Thomas shared his opinion about the movie The Kerala Story.
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Tovino was in Mumbai to promote his latest film of 2018. The thriller follows the stories of the 2018 Kerala floods and how people from all walks of life came to face the disaster together. Tovino revealed that he had not watched The Kerala Story but was concerned about the misinformation about the number of women the story dealt with. He added that he saw the trailer and the numbers had been changed by the filmmakers.
In an interview with Indian Express, Tovino explained, “See, I haven’t watched this movie [The Kerala Story] I haven’t even talked to anyone who has seen the movie. I saw the trailer. His description read “32,000 women…” And then those [the makers] they themselves changed it from 32,000 to 3. What does this mean? As far as I know there are 35 million people in Kerala and with these three incidents no one can generalize it. I will not deny the fact that this happened in Kerala. That might have happened. I don’t know about it personally, but I’ve read about it in the news.”
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And he continued, “Today what we see are not facts, just opinions. On five different channels we see the same news in five different versions. So, I know what is right and what is wrong, but I have heard these opinions. So, I don’t I will deny the fact that this happened. But three out of 35 million — it cannot be generalized and the misinformation is very bad.”
Kerala Story stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani in lead roles. Produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the film has been declared tax free in Madhya Pradesh.
Star Minnal Murali was last seen in the Malayalam film Neelavelicham. She is currently shooting for Sujith Nambiar’s Ajayante Randam Moshanam.
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