Director Sudipto Sen’s controversial film, The Kerala Story, hit the screens on Friday. On its release, the film surprisingly received poor reviews from the Bollywood critics, but the film seems to have impressed the audience, as it is proved by the good start it got at the box office. However, the movie was not screened in Kerala, despite the high court to stay the release of the movie.
The bans and calls for boycotts have not been able to affect the film’s box office performance. The Kerala Story does phenomenal numbers at the box office on its 1st weekend. The movie has shown exceptional growth in the numbers from day to day. According to the Bollywood Trade Circles reports, On the first day, The Kerala Story collected 8 Crores net in India.
On the second day the film got 11 Crores Net and on the third day, i.e., 16 Crores which is an excellent number. Overall, The Kerala Story has minted 35 Crores Net for 3 days in India. It again proves that the verdict of the audience is what decides the result of a movie, and not some agenda-based reviews or calls for boycotts.
Starring Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani, The Kerala Story was earlier officially described as the story of more than 32,000 Kerala women who have been allegedly been radicalized by Islamic fundamentalists. However, the number was changed to three from 32,000 after protests spread online stating that misinformation was being spread by the makers.
The Kerala Story movie revolves around Shalini Unnikrishnan (Adah Sharma), Nimah (Yogita Bihani), and Siddhi Idnani (Geetanjali), who share their room with Asifa (Sonia Balani) in a nursing college in Kasargod, Kerala. Asifa, who is an aide to ISIS, how indoctrinates and brainwashes the three girls and converts them to Islam and what happens to them is the main crux of the movie.
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