"The Kerala Story" is a Hindi-language drama film directed by and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah . The film features a cast led by Adah Sharma , alongside Yogita Bihani , Siddhi Idnani , and Sonia Balani .
The film follows the journey of a group of young women from Christian and Hindu backgrounds in Kerala who are manipulated, converted to Islam, and subsequently radicalized to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It specifically focuses on Shalini Unnikrishnan (played by Adah Sharma), detailing her transformation into Fatima Ba and her eventual imprisonment in Afghanistan. Reception and Controversy movies4uvipthekeralastory2023720phindi