With free tickets and false claims, "The Kerala Story" is one of a slew of polarizing films sparking concern Bollywood is churning out cultural propaganda to bolster support for India's ruling party ahead of elections.
The trailer for the anti-Muslim box office hit claims to depict "innocent girls trapped, transformed and trafficked for terror," while declaring it was "inspired by many true stories."
A fictitious tale of a Hindu woman who converts to Islam and then is radicalized, the movie is the second-highest-grossing Hindi film of 2023 so far.