The Kerala Story

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The Kerala Story

2023

2h 18m

Drama

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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.

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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visha

Really bad film ! Showing violence only !! Don’t waste your time and money

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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Bahjat Q

Basically this movie shown a false narrative of jihad and it's an islamophobic movie ...in islam women can't go to jihad but in this tacky movie they can .... it's just a mess of filthiness

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/18/24

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Athrav K

This movie may hurt some muslim people but this aint a fiction or something, open your eyes keep your ego on side, yall ignore the negative reviews, this moviee is must watch..

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/05/24

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Audience Member

Bad. Yikes, I'd be embarrassed if I made such a sh*t movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/22/24

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Shubham A

Absolutely mind boggling movie. Sheds light on a very sensitive issue.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/23/24

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writer t

The movie is a deliberate and desperate approach to show a certain community in poor light. Every scene reeks of propoganda. The movie is not at all a reflection of the society of Kerala. In fact it's quite the opposite. Many dialogues are downright misinformation as are many of the scenes. It is an insult non just to the community that's targeted, but the state of Kerala and it's people.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/28/24

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