The Kerala Story is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah.[1] 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 .[5][6] Marketed as a true story, the film is premised on the Hindutva conspiracy theory of "love jihad",[7] and falsely claims that thousands of Hindu women from Kerala have been converted to Islam and recruited in the Islamic State.[8][9]
The Kerala Story was released in theatres on 5 May 2023. With a worldwide gross of ₹303.97 crore (US$38 million), it became the ninth-highest-grossing Hindi film of 2023.[10][11] It was heavily promoted by the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leveraged the film in its campaigning for the Karnataka assembly election.[12][13] However, film critics accorded it overwhelmingly negative reviews, characterizing the work as Islamophobic propaganda.[14][15][6] The film has also faced protracted litigation and protests, primarily in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu.
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TheKeralaStory is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. It stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani...
Satyamurthy (2015) and Kshanam (2016). She also starred as the lead actress in the movie TheKeralaStory (2023). Sharma was born in Mumbai. Her father S. L....
as "Paavai" for her role in the Tamil film Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu (2022). She made her Hindi debut with TheKeralaStory (2023). Siddhi Idnani was born...
various films and short films as Lucknow Times, The Last Monk, TheKeralaStory, and Bastar: The Naxal Story. Sudipto Sen was born in a Sen family in Jalpaiguri...
her career in her TEDx talk titled 'The Crossroad of Choices' in November 2020. Bihani in TheKeralaStory played the role of Nimah Mathews, a strong and...
actress known for her roles in Bollywood films Tum Bin 2, Baazaar, and TheKeralaStory as well as television shows Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, Tu Mera Hero and...
starred Akshay Kumar. He is the producer of TheKeralaStory. Vipul Amrutlal Shah started his career on small screen with the soap opera Ek Mahal Ho Sapno...
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