The Kerala Story (2023)
May 5, 2023Release Date
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Where to Watch.
Currently The Kerala Story is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Fandango
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Adah Sharma
Shalini Unnikrishnan/Fatima
Yogita Bihani
Nimah Mathew
Sonia Balani
Asifa
Siddhi Idnani
Geethanjali Menon
Eleena Koul
Husna
Saniya Mirzaeva
Farah
Johnny Cockfill
Peter Rodd
Devadarshini
Shalini's mother
Bhavna Makhija
Bhagyalaxmi
Chandra Shekhar Dutta
Preacher
Vijay Krishna
Pranay Pachauri
Sougata Ghosh
Sougata Ghosh
Prashantanu Mohapatra
Director of Photography
Sanjay Sharma
Editor
Sudipto Sen
Writer / Director
Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Creative Director / Producer / Writer
Ravichand Nallappa
Co-Producer
Suryapal Singh
Dialogue / Writer
Viresh Sreevalsa
Music
Ajay Shivshankar Singh
Line Producer
Aashin A Shah
Co-Producer
Bishakhjyoti
Music
Mukesh Chhabra
CastingDirector
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 5, 2023
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 18m
Budget$2,400,000
Box Office$36,000,000
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This Movie Is About.
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The Kerala Story is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. It stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani. The plot follows a group of women from Kerala who are coerced into converting to Islam and joining the Islamic State. Marketed as a true story, the film is premised on the Hindutva conspiracy theory of "love jihad", and claims that thousands of Hindu women from Kerala have been converted to Islam and recruited in the Islamic State.
However, the filmmakers had to accept the addition of two disclaimers — that the figures in the film were inauthentic, and that the film was a "fictionalised" depiction of their minds.
The Kerala Story released in theatres on 5 May 2023. With a worldwide gross of ₹303.97 crore (US$36 million), it became the ninth-highest-grossing Hindi film of 2023. It was heavily promoted by the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leveraged the film in its campaigning for the Karnataka assembly election. However, film critics accorded it overwhelmingly negative reviews, characterising the work as Islamophobic propaganda. The film has also faced protracted litigation and protests, primarily in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.