Sudipto Sen’s The Kerala Story has earned Rs 100 crores in the first week of its release. When this writer reached out for his reaction, Sen said, “I feel very happy, but I’ve definitely not gone overboard with pride and confidence. I have many more stories to tell, and I don’t want to rest on my laurels. I knew this film would be a success. I worked for seven years on the project. I knew its potential.”

A lot of the cynics are asking why The Kerala Story is only about the radicalization of women and why not men? Sudipto said, “It was always meant to be a story of three friends, who happen to be women. It was not a planned strategy. Now, some producer has offered me a project as a sequel to The Kerala Story about the radicalization of boys.”

Sudipto also shed light on why his producer Vipul Shah is credited as “creative director” in The Kerala Story. “He served as co-ordinating force among several teams of creative people, who worked on the project. The team was diverse and there were a number of difficult locations. Vipul da made it all possible.”

The Kerala Story stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani.

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Aashka Goradia, who tied the knot with American businessman Brent Goble in December 2017, is all set to welcome her first baby with him. On May 14, Sunday as well as on the occasion of Mother’s Day, Aashka took the opportunity to share this good news to her fans by posting an adorable video on social media, stating that the baby will arrive in November 2023. Her joint post with her husband Brent received much love from fans as well as industry insiders as their comments section was filled with congratulatory messages.

Aashka Goradia took to Instagram to post a video wherein they revealed their excitement of having a beach baby. The video read, “Beach Baby is on the way. We are waiting for the greatest gift to arrive in November 2023. Send us your love and blessings Aashka and Brent.” She also captioned the post adding, “On this Mother’s Day – this becomes even more special! ‘Our family and our practice grows by 1 this November! Send us a loving thought as we embark on our greatest journey yet!’ Beach baby is on the way!”

 

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Followed by her post, many of her well-wishers and friends from the industry posted their congratulatory messages to the to-be parents. Many serial actors including her Naagin co-stars Adaa Khan, Surbhi Jyoti, Karanvir Bohra, Sudha Chandran, and Mouni Roy shared their messages. Others included Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, Drashti Dhami, Kishwer Merchant, Mahhi Vij, Jannat Zubair, Sreejita De and her fiancé Michael Blohm-Pape, Keerti Kelkar, Sayantani Ghosh, Tina Datta, Juhi Parmar, Jaya Bhattacharya, Delnaaz Irani, among others.

Aashka Goradia gained fame as a television actress with the show Kkusum in which she played the role of Kkumud Kapoor. Aashka has explored many characters on Indian television including the roles of vamp in shows like Laagi Tujhse Lagan and Naagin.

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The much in news The Kerala Story was recently pulled from the cinemas in Britain after the movie failed to receive age certification. It is illegal to screen movies in the UK without receiving the necessary certification from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). All the tickets were refunded.

According to a report in Times Of India, BBFC said, “The Kerala Story is still going through our classification process. Once the film has received a BBFC age rating and content advice, it will be available to be screened in UK cinemas.”

As per the same report, Suresh Varsani, director of the movie’s UK distributor 24 SEVEN FLIX4U, contacted all the cinemas on Friday to pull down the movie from the theatres without classification. He said, “It is very concerning. I gave them the film on Wednesday and there were three versions — Hindi, Tamil and the Malayalam version. They watched one on Wednesday and the other two Thursday. Age classification is normally done on the day.”

Varsani kept emailing them on Thursday, May 11 and the response he received was that “compliance is reviewing it”. On May 12, he called them and they told him that it won’t be classified that day. “I am very suspicious that they have not given a valid reason. Why do they need more time when they have had three days? I have never come across a situation like this where a film has not been classified when it is meant to be released. USA, India, Australia and Canada and Ireland have all passed it. I don’t get what the issue is,” he said. He also said that between him and the cinemas, they have suffered a combined loss of £40,000 to £50,000 (Rs. 40 to Rs. 50 lakh).

The Kerala Story is produced by Mr. Vipul Amrutlal Shah, who is also the film’s creative director. Apart from Adah Sharma playing the role of the main lead, the film stars Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani, Pranay Pachauri & Chandra Shekhar Dutta. Directed by Sudipto Sen under the banner Sunshine Pictures Pvt Ltd., the film released theatres on the 5th of May 2023.
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Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan is set to collaborate with director Atlee Kumar and producer Murad Khetani for an upcoming action entertainer. The film is slated to hit the theatres in the summer of 2024. This will be the first time that the trio will be working together.

If a report by Pinkvilla is something to go by, then the yet-untitled actioner will go on floors by the end of July or early August. The report quoted a source, speaking on the details of the upcoming project. The source said, “Varun has been in talks with Atlee and Murad Khetani for a feature film for a while now and the actor is all set to commence shooting for the same by Early August.”

The report further added, “It’s a proper commercial entertainer and at present in the pre-production stage. The team is coming together to create a big-scale action experience for the audience.” In addition, the team is currently focused on getting the entire technical crew on board, in addition to the cast ensemble.

While stating that the female lead and antagonist will be locked by June, the source continued, “While the story is high on emotion and drama, action is at the forefront and the team is looking to create stylish and larger than life sequences for Varun. The film will be shot over a period of four to five months as the makers are targeting it to be the big Summer 2024 release in cinema halls across the globe.”

While other details of the upcoming action entertainer are yet to be disclosed, the report stated that the film will be produced by Atlee and Murad Khetani. 

Coming to the professional front, Atlee is currently gearing up for his upcoming directorial venture, Jawan starring Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi. Meanwhile, Varun Dhawan has a bunch of projects in his kitty including his OTT debut series, Citadel India. 

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Kalki Koechlin came into the limelight with Dev D (2009). Ever since, she has carved a niche for herself through her performances in films like That Girl In Yellow Boots (2011), Shaitan (2011), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Shanghai (2012), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013), Margarita With A Straw (2015), A Death In The Gunj (2017), Gully Boy (2019) etc. She has been missing from the limelight for a while. But she’s expected to be back in a few projects this year.

Interestingly, it has now come to light that Kalki Koechlin is a part of Kho Gaye Hum Kahan. Until now, it was only known that Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Adarsh Gourav feature in the film. Kalki in a recent interview with Bombay Times revealed that in this film, she will be seen “in a romantic relationship with Siddhant Chaturvedi.” Interestingly, Kalki also featured in Siddhant’s debut film Gully Boy, though both were not romantically paired in the Ranveer Singh-Alia Bhatt starrer.

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan marks the directorial debut of Arjun Varain Singh. It is presented by Excel Entertainment and Tiger Baby and produced by Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar. While not much is known about the film’s plot, it is said that it revolves around social media. It is expected to release this year in cinemas.

In the Bombay Times interview, Kalki Koechlin revealed that she has reduced her workload since the birth of her daughter Sappho. She added, “I don’t want to be as busy as I used to be. I want to strike a healthy work-life balance.” She also added that her other forthcoming film is Goldfish with Deepti Naval. It premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival last year in which Kalki played the role of Anamika, a half-Indian half-English woman, who returns home to the UK to deal with her mother’s dementia.

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Adah Sharma, the Bollywood actress known for her role in the recently released film The Kerala Story, reportedly met with an accident. This incident occurred amid reports of death threats that the actress had received. Adah took to social media to share an update on her health and assured her fans that she was doing fine.

On Sunday night, Adah tweeted, “I’m fine guys. Getting a lot of messages because of the news circulating about our accident. The whole team, all of us are fine, nothing serious, nothing major but thank you for the concern.”

I’m fine guys . Getting a lot of messages because of the news circulating about our accident. The whole team ,all of us are fine, nothing serious , nothing major but thank you for the concern
— Adah Sharma (@adah_sharma) May 14, 2023

After this, The Kerala Story director Sudipto Sen also shared an update on his verified Twitter handle, which read, “Thank u so much for ur concerns about our health. We are overwhelmed with ur calls & warm messages. Just wanted to tell u – we r now absolutely fine. Tom we’ll resume our promotional events. Pls continue supporting us. Love & light.”

Thank u so much for ur concerns about our health. We are overwhelmed with ur calls & warm messages. Just wanted to tell u – we r now absolutely fine. Tom we’ll resume our promotional events. Pls continue supporting us. Love & light @adah_sharma @Aashin_A_Shah #TheKeralaStory pic.twitter.com/YYhopxA2Zr
— Sudipto SEN (@sudiptoSENtlm) May 14, 2023

Earlier in the day, Sen had expressed his regrets over not being able to travel to Karimnagar for a youth gathering where he was supposed to discuss his film. In his tweet, Sen mentioned that the reason for the cancellation was due to an unforeseen health emergency. He also apologised to the people of Karimnagar and urged them to continue supporting the film. 

Today we’re supposed to visit Karimnagar to talk about our film at a youth gathering. Unfortunately we could not travel due some emergency health issue. Heartfelt apology to the people of Karimnagar. We made the film to save our daughters. Pls keep supporting us #HinduEkthaYatra pic.twitter.com/LUr2UtQWfj
— Sudipto SEN (@sudiptoSENtlm) May 14, 2023

Speaking of the film, besides Adah, it also features Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani in the lead roles. The storyline revolves around a group of women hailing from Kerala who undergo a conversion to Islam and subsequently join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Produced by Vipul Shah, the film has already crossed the Rs 100-crore mark. 

Also Read: The Kerala Story Box Office: Film collects Rs. 112.99 cr in 9 days; emerges as Adah Sharma’s first Rs. 100 cr grosser

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