By India Today Entertainment Desk: Sudipto Sen’s The Kerala Story is unstoppable at the box office. The film is doing wonders at the ticket window. Due to positive word of mouth, the film, featuring Adah Sharma, has set the cash registers ringing. Within 9 days of its theatrical release, the movie has entered the Rs 100-crore club.
With this, The Kerala Story has emerged as the second highest-grossing Hindi film of 2023. The movie has been mired in several controversies but that hasn’t affected BO performance of the film.
THE KERALA STORY BOX OFFICE COLLECTION DAY 9
According to Sacnilk and early estimates, The Kerala Story earned Rs 19.50 crore on May 13, 2023. Considering this, the total box office collection of the film now stands at Rs 112.87 crore.
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Sharing the day 8 box office figures of The Kerala Story, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote, “TheKeralaStory commences Weekend 2 with A BANGâ€æ Hits DOUBLE DIGITS on [second] Friâ€æ Will cross Rs 100 cr mark TODAY [second Sat]â€æ Will emerge SECOND HIGHEST GROSSING Hindi film [of 2023] in Week 2 itselfâ€æ [Week 2] Fri 12.23 cr. Total: Rs 93.37 cr. India biz. Boxoffice (sic).”
THE KERALA STORY MOVIE REVIEW
IndiaToday.in reviewed The Kerala Story, backed by Vipul Shah. In the review, it was mentioned, “The Kerala Story specifically pitches one religion over the other and that is where the problem with the film lies. Sure, it does not want to malign Islam as a whole, but it definitely tries to provoke the Hindus and poke at the sentiments that they hurt the most. The film has been irresponsible.”
The review further read, “Adah Sharma shoulders the film, but is supported by several others. As Shalini, she uses a certain accent for her Hindi to portray that she is a Malayali. However, others like Pranay Pachauri and Sonia Balani steer clear of it. Adah stays true to her character, but it is the over-dramatisation that kills the film.”
The Kerala Story hit the big screen on May 5, 2023.
