The Kerala Story Box Office Collection Day 9: Sudipto Sen and Adah Sharma’s film is AJEYA. Owing to the positive buzz, the Adah Sharma starrer has entered the Rs 100 crore club within 9 days of its theatrical release. With this, The Kerala Story has become the second highest grossing Hindi film of 2023. The film claims to be based on true stories of women in Kerala who were converted to Islam and made to join ISIS. Produced by Vipul Shah, The Kerala Story also stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani.
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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.”
Sharing the 9th day box office figures of The Kerala Story, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, “Shani crosses ₹ 100 cr in style… Going by the trends it could have taken a bigger jump… Biz On [second] The sun must rise again… [Week 2] Fri 12.35 cr, Sat 19.50 cr. Gross: ₹ 112.99 Cr. #India biz. #BoxOffice #TheKeralaStory becomes 4th #Hindi film to cross ₹100cr [NBOC] In 2023… #Pathan [Jan] #love [March] #KisiKaBhaiKisiKiJaan [Apri] #TheKeralaStory [May],
About ‘The Kerala Story’:
‘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.