What made BBCF to halt screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ on May 12 and to pander whom

Mobilenews24x7 Bureau  

For unknown reasons the controversial film ‘Kerala Story’s show in theatres were withdrawn which were scheduled for May 12 in the United Kingdom.

The reason being underlined is the film had not obtained the age classification from theBritish Board of Film Classification(BBFC) and now got the ‘18’ rating with a detailed content advice to the audience.

It all despite the fact that “  “The film presents a partial and unbalanced view of Islam which focuses on radical Islamist characters and motivations to the exclusion of more moderate and mainstream forms of the faith. There are regular scenes of discrimination on the basis of religion and gender. A woman spits on her dying father for not sharing her faith” said BBFC.

All were halted that is the film’s three versions and in 31 theatres across England.

And a cine platform said that “…we are sorry that the upcoming performances of The Kerala Story have been cancelled. This is due to the film not receiving an age rating in time for the scheduled release date, all affected customers will be contacted and refunded. Apologies for any disappointment caused.”

The move, however, was met with massive outrage from several Indians in the UK. Some even claimed that the BBFC was deliberately withholding the film to pander to “certain groups.”