<p><em>The Kerala Story</em> has raised Rs 112.99 crore in nine days since its release at the India box office, the makers said Sunday.</p>.<p>In a press note, production house Sunshine Pictures said the film earned Rs 19.5 crore on Saturday, bringing up the total of its domestic earnings to Rs 112.99 crore.</p>.<p><em>The Kerala Story,</em> a film on conversion that has polarised the political discourse in the country leading to bans in some states and a tax-free status in others, hit the screens on May 5.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/cannes-regular-anurag-kashyap-registers-a-first-with-kennedy-1218685.html" target="_blank">Cannes regular Anurag Kashyap registers a first with ‘Kennedy’</a></strong></p>.<p>Directed by Sudipto Sen and fronted by Adah Sharma, the Hindi movie was released in 37 countries on May 12.</p>.<p>Produced by Vipul Shah, <em>The Kerala Story </em>depicts how women from Kerala were forced to convert and recruited by the terror group Islamic State (IS).</p>.<p>The film is banned in West Bengal and multiplexes in Tamil Nadu have stopped its screening citing law and order situation, whereas BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have given it a tax-free status.</p>.<p>The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies of the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea of the producers of <em>The Kerala Story </em>that the movie is not being shown in theatres in these two states.</p>
<p><em>The Kerala Story</em> has raised Rs 112.99 crore in nine days since its release at the India box office, the makers said Sunday.</p>.<p>In a press note, production house Sunshine Pictures said the film earned Rs 19.5 crore on Saturday, bringing up the total of its domestic earnings to Rs 112.99 crore.</p>.<p><em>The Kerala Story,</em> a film on conversion that has polarised the political discourse in the country leading to bans in some states and a tax-free status in others, hit the screens on May 5.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/cannes-regular-anurag-kashyap-registers-a-first-with-kennedy-1218685.html" target="_blank">Cannes regular Anurag Kashyap registers a first with ‘Kennedy’</a></strong></p>.<p>Directed by Sudipto Sen and fronted by Adah Sharma, the Hindi movie was released in 37 countries on May 12.</p>.<p>Produced by Vipul Shah, <em>The Kerala Story </em>depicts how women from Kerala were forced to convert and recruited by the terror group Islamic State (IS).</p>.<p>The film is banned in West Bengal and multiplexes in Tamil Nadu have stopped its screening citing law and order situation, whereas BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have given it a tax-free status.</p>.<p>The Supreme Court on Friday sought replies of the West Bengal and Tamil Nadu governments on a plea of the producers of <em>The Kerala Story </em>that the movie is not being shown in theatres in these two states.</p>