The Kerala Story

2023

2h 18m

Drama

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14%

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7 Reviews

63%

Audience Score

50+ Ratings

Shalini Unnikrishnan leads an ordinary life as a college student in Kerala until her identity, relationships, dreams and faith dissipate in the abyss of religious terrorism.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

When a film shines a light on different aspects of an issue, it creates space for reflection and conversation, and you come away with food for thought. What about a film which does exactly the opposite?

Rated: 1/5

May 5, 2023

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Nandini Ramnath

Scroll.in

It’s fitting that a film about the dangers of religious indoctrination devotes every one of its scenes to brainwashing its audience.

Nov 27, 2023

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Vinamra Mathur

Firstpost

Director Sudipto Sen and creative director Vipul Amrutlal Shah pick up a bone-chilling subject but The Kerala Story isn't able to chew the meat of its narrative or rise above ordinary.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 27, 2023

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

This timeline-jumping, messy melodrama wants to depict how women become human trafficking victims of terrorists. However, the film does it in an irresponsible and deceptive way. The Kerala Story goes overboard in excusing certain people of certain crimes.

May 23, 2023

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Saibal Chatterjee

NDTV

A film so bad that its incompetence would have provided some entertainment had it not played so loose and fast with facts.

Rated: 0.5/5

May 5, 2023

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Abhishek Srivastava

The Times of India

This thought-provoking film is disturbing and surely manages to leave an impact.

Rated: 3/5

May 5, 2023

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vignesh D

Wow must watch movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/30/24

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Yash S

Harrowing. Informative. Must watch for teenagers.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/09/24

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Mirsab S

IT'S A BIG LIE..., It's highly propagated movie. With 100% hate and islamophobic and ethnophobic

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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Akash Shankar B

Movie shows the real story of Kerala girls and it's an eye-opening.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/16/24

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Greesh G

Just showed the bitter truth that some PEOPLE don't want to see

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/04/24

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Captain W

Absolute garbage, only thing they succeed was in butchering malayalam language shoalin unnikrishnan from thrivandpooram

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/03/24

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Sudipto Sen

Director

Pranav Misshra

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Adah Sharma

Shalini Unnikrishnan

Yogita Bihani

Nimah Mathew

Saniya Mir

Farah

Benedict Garrett

Peter Rodd

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Synopsis

Shalini Unnikrishnan leads an ordinary life as a college student in Kerala until her identity, relationships, dreams and faith dissipate in the abyss of religious terrorism.

Director: Sudipto Sen
Screenwriter: Suryapal Singh, Sudipto Sen, Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Production Co: Sunshine Pictures
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Runtime: 2h 18m