The Kerala Story Box Office Collection Day 5: Director Sudipto Sen’s controversial film was on the radar even before it hit the theaters on May 5. The film registered the highest collection of around Rs 16 crore on Sunday, 7 May, but registered a slight drop on its first Monday, yet managed. Summing up in two digits. Despite controversies, mixed reviews, bans and boycotts, the film has been successful at the box office and crossed the 50 crore mark on its 5th day (May 09). While the film has received support from many, some have accused it of being propaganda and have called for a ban.
The Kerala Story box office report
In West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has banned the film, citing concerns about maintaining peace and preventing potential crimes and violence. However, trade reports suggest, “The film is running in Mumbai, Central India, UP, Bihar and Bangalore, which is also outstanding.” As per early estimates, the Adah Sharma starrer registered a growth of around 10 per cent in its Monday collections and minted Rs 11 crore. Now, the total collection of The Kerala Story is around Rs 56.72 cr in 5 days.
Box said, “The film will not get collections from West Bengal, but all it does is create more curiosity among the audience and fear other states might ban it which brings more people to the theatres. The film is basically unstoppable and You can go anywhere from here.” Office India.
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‘The Kerala Story’ features actress Adah Sharma as Fathima Ba, a Hindu Malayali nurse who is among the 32,000 women who went missing from Kerala and later joined ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria). Gone. Forced to accept Islam. Also, the film highlights the ‘love jihad’ propaganda, where Muslim men manipulate Hindu girls to convert to Islam and abandon their families.
Soon after the film’s trailer was released, a petition was filed against it on the grounds of ‘hate speech of the worst kind’ and ‘audio-visual propaganda’. Several political leaders criticized the film and claimed that the makers are making false claims that it is a real story and the number of ‘32000 women’ is fake.