"It is just wrong": Anurag Kashyap reacts after Mamata Banerjee bans The Kerala Story in West Bengal

It seems like the decision of banning The Kerala Story by the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal is not going well with the audience as well as the film fraternity. Mamata Banerjee had called for a ban on the film citing a threat to law and order in West Bengal. Directed by Sudipto Sen, the film, starring Adah Sharma, has been surrounded by controversy ever since its trailer was released. Amid this, Anurag Kashyap shared a cryptic tweet on Twitter talking about the ban on the movie.

 

 

 

Anurag tweeted it is 'just wrong' to ban a film, even if it is 'propaganda'. Reacting the ban of The Kerala Story ban in West Bengal, Anurag Kashyap tweeted on Wednesday, "You agree with the film or not, be it propaganda, counter propaganda, offensive or not, to ban it is just wrong," he tweeted as he shared a quote by French writer and philosopher Voltaire. It read, "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it."

 

 

Further, he tweeted, "You want to fight propaganda. Then go in numbers and see the film that talks against misuse of social media and how inherent prejudice is weaponised to create hatred and unrest. It’s running in cinemas and is called Afwaah. Go make your voice stronger. Go make a point. That’s the right way to fight."

 

Ever since the trailer for The Kerala Story came out last month, it was criticised for claiming that 32,000 girls from Kerala went missing and joined the terrorist group, ISIS. The film's makers had recently tweaked the trailer on YouTube from being the ‘story of 32,000 women’ to that of 3 women. The trailer originally suggested that the film is based on the stories of more than 32,000 Kerala women, who had allegedly been radicalised by fundamentalists.

 

Earlier, veteran actor Shabana Azmi had also slammed the ban on The Kerala Story.