Award-winning Malayalam director, Jayan Cherian, has alleged that the censor board refused certification for his movie `Ka Bodyscapes` -- based on Kerala’s LGBT and feminist movements -- because it “insulted and humiliated” Hindu religion. The censor  felt that his 2016 movie ridiculed Hinduism and was, apparently, uncomfortable with an alleged portrayal of the god Hanuman with “homosexual books”. The letter also pointed out problems with the movie showing a “lady masturbating” and “highlighting ‘gay’ by many ‘gay’ posters”. However, Cherian rejected the charges, saying characters in the movie had struck a Hanuman pose in a scene holding some insignia against Section 377, India’s colonial-era law that criminalises homosexuality. `Ka Bodyscapes` is set in Kerala’s Calicut city and follows the lives of three people -- a struggling gay painter Haris, his love interest, Vishnu -- a village boy with a right-wing family, and a young female factory worker Sia. The movie captures the political tumult in recent years in the southern state that has been rocked by charges of growing fundamentalism and counter-movements such as the Kiss of Love campaign and LGBT prides in many cities.