Sudipto Sen and Vipul Amrutlal Shah's upcoming film 'The Kerala Story' has been embroiled in a controversy ever since the teaser of the film dropped in November 2022. The protest against the film only intensified after the release of its trailer on April 26. On Friday, the Kerala High Court refused to stay the release of the film which hit the theatres today. However, the makers have agreed to remove teaser claiming that over 32,000 women from Kerala were recruited to ISIS.

On Friday, the Division Bench comprising Justice N. Nagaresh and Justice Sophy Thomas recorded the submission of the producer that the teaser of the movie, which claimed that 32000 women were recruited to ISIS from Kerala will be removed from their social media accounts. The film directed by Sudipto Sen is backed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and stars Adah Sharma in the lead.