Controversial Film "The Kerala Story" Receives Mixed Reviews.
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A Muslim group in India's Kerala state has offered a cash reward of 10 million rupees ($122,280) for evidence to refute claims made in a new film that thousands of Hindu and Christian women from the state were recruited into the ISIL armed group. The film, called The Kerala Story, has been criticised by Muslim and other groups as well as opposition political parties in Kerala and other parts of India. The filmmakers say the 138-minute film is a "compilation of true stories of three young girls from different parts of Kerala".
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- The Kerala Story Review: The Writing Is Consistently Cringeworthy, The Acting Is No Better NDTV Movies
- The Kerala Story movie review: A poorly-made, poorly-acted rant The Indian Express
- The Kerala Story Review: Harrowing And Horrifying Stories That You Wish Weren't True News18
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