The Kerala Story beats Pathaan's week 4 box office collections

The Kerala Story is going strong at the box office even in its fourth week of release The Vipul Shah production has recorded an excellent fourth week as collections were over Rs 16 crore nett according to Box Office India This is the highest fourth week postpandemic for an original Hindi film and only behind KGF 2 if all Hindi content is counted The fourth week numbers are ahead of Shah Rukh Khans Pathaan which collected Rs 14 crore nett approxFilm trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the latest number of the films revenue calling it an alltime blockbuster TheKeralaStory remains the first choice of viewers for the fourth consecutive weekhellip Week 4 Fri 250 cr Sat 425 cr Sun 475 cr Mon 185 cr Tue 180 cr Wed 160 cr Thu 150 cr Total 23172 crTheKeralaStory remains the first choice of viewers for the fourth consecutive weekhellip Week 4 Fri 250 cr Sat 425 cr Sun 475 cr Mon 185 cr Tue 180 cr Wed 160 cr Thu 150 cr Total 23172 cr India biz BoxofficeTheKeralaStory biz at a glancehellip Week 1 hellip pictwittercomaVKTxvB4Jnmdash taran adarsh taran_adarsh June 2 2023The Kerala Story which was released in the theaters on May 5 has been doing well at the box office since the beginning The film starring Adah Sharma Yogita Bihani Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani became the secondbest earner of the year after Shah Rukh Khanrsquos Pathaan with over Rs 200 crore in its kittyThe film has courted controversy since its release A section of the audience accused the makers of misrepresentation of facts and the film faced bans in some parts of the country tooThe filmrsquos creative producer Vipul Shah recently explained why they mentioned in the teaser that the film is the story of more than 32000 women in Kerala whod allegedly been radicalised by Islamic fundamentalists The number was later changed to three on the order of the Supreme Court Shah told DNA that the court is yet to decide if their claim was entirely false While they have given the date of July 18 to the makers to hear the matter they were told to add the disclaimer in the filmThe makers have now released a video to present their research that led to the figure In the video director Sudipto Sen says On July 24th 2010 former Chief Minister of Kerala VS Achyutanandan at a press meeting in Delhi had said that Kerala would become a Muslim state in the next 20 yearsActress Adah Sharma shared the video and wrote 32000 The truth is not always beautiful This is for all our supporters who stood with us when we were getting attacked and belittled for exposing the truth This video is for you who stood up for us when some called The Kerala Story fake propoganda This video is for you to show those who divert from the actual issue and say maybe its happening but the number isnrsquot so large The truth is the most powerful tool you haveView this post on InstagramA post shared by Adah Sharma adah_ki_adahAdah also shared some BTS pictures from the sets of the film where her face can be seen bruised and she appears dehydrated She wrote in her caption Sunkissed After and Before from TheKeralaStory Secret to chapped cracked lips like these hellip dehydrate for 40 hours in minus 16 degrees sunkissedmakeup adahsharma makeupbyshyam PS the mattress was kept to practice the fallhellip but we didnrsquot use it bruisedknees and chila hua elbows but ufff all so worth it the last pic is a handful of coconut oil in the hair safety pins and tight plaits sicView this post on InstagramA post shared by Adah Sharma adah_ki_adahKerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had objected to the film saying that the movie was deliberately produced with the aim of communal polarisation and spreading hate propaganda against Kerala The Kerala Story was banned in West Bengal but the Supreme Court had stayed the governmentrsquos order The film also got a divided response from the film industry and critics Actors like Kamal Haasan and Naseruddin Shah have recently criticised the film