New Delhi: Amid all the controversy around the recently released film 'The Kerala Story', the Sudipto Sen directorial has been made tax-free in the state of Madhya Pradesh by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. On Saturday, the Chief Minister shared a video on his Twitter handle, advocating the film's storyline based on fighting against terrorism and urged everyone to watch the film.
Sharing the video, he wrote, "आतंकवाद की भयावह सच्चाई को उजागर करती फिल्म 'The Kerala Story' मध्यप्रदेश में टैक्स फ्री की जा रही है। (The film 'The Kerala Story' exposing the horrific truth of terrorism is being made tax free in Madhya Pradesh.)
Check out the video here:
Releasing in over 1300 screens, the film starring Adah Sharma has earned approximately Rs 8crores on the first day of its release.
The film stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani in the lead.
ABP Live reveiew of the film reads as, "'The Kerala Story' follows a documentary feature format and thus a lot of back and forth movement between the past and present, and between landscapes. The tone of past and present is differentiated with the music, camera movement and colour palette: brown and dry scales for the present while a lot of rich colours imbue the past, also signifying the state of minds of characters and their situations, the pain and suffering of the past and the youthful exploration in the present.
The direction by indie-filmmaker Sudipto Sen in his first mainstream film is commendable though the documentary element is quite established and evident in 'The Kerala Story' as well. The organic linking of music into the narrative could have been better as could the dialogue which is rather typical and cliche ; for instance, everytime Kerala is called 'God's own country'. Other than that, ‘The Kerala Story’ could also balance out the portrayal of violence and sexual exploitation of all levels to widen its audience base."