Adah Sharma has been roped in for the upcoming film The Kerala Story, written and directed by Sudipto Sen.
Talking about her role in the film, she said, “When the story was narrated to me it was so scary I didn’t sleep a few nights just thinking about it. I’m grateful that I got to be in a film like this, and got a chance to tell this heartbreaking story. “
Sharma is playing the role of Fathima Ba, a Malayali nurse, who converts to Islam and joins the Islamic State. She is among the 32,000 women who went missing from Kerala and then turned into an IS terrorist.
On being chosen to play the lead role in the film, Sharma added: “The Kerala Story is a Hindi film so they wanted a Bollywood actress who can speak Hindi and Malayalam. I’m a Malayali so I speak both languages. That was one of the reasons they felt I fit the part.”
Speaking about the controversy surrounding the film she shared: “The makers Vipul Shah and Sudipto Sen have made several reputed films and they will present all the statistics. When people watch the film all their questions will be answered and their doubts will be cleared.”
Directed by Sen, The Kerala Story also stars Benedict Garrett.