Sudipto Sen and Vipul Amrutlal Shah film 'The Kerala Story' has been embroiled in a controversy ever since the teaser of the film dropped in November 2022. The film was released in theatres on May 5. Despite controversies around the film, the Adah Sharma-starrer proved to be a massive success at the box office having collected over Rs 200 crore. 

Recently, at the press conference for IIFA 2023 held in Abu Dhabi, veteran superstar Kamal Haasan was asked for his take on The Kerala Story and the controversy around it. Responding to the question, Haasan said, "I am against propaganda films. It's not enough if you wrote true story at the bottom as a logo it has to really be true and that (the film) is not true".