By Grace Cyril: Even after 34 days, Sudipto Sen's directorial, The Kerala Story, is pulling audience to theatres. While the film might have slowed down in its collection now, it is a huge feat that it is still running in theatres successfully. Meanwhile, TKS is on the verge of reaching the Rs 240 crore-mark soon. On June 6, it minted about Rs 65 lakh. These are still impressive numbers given the fact that The Kerala Story was initially banned in Bengal and was not playing in many theatres of Tamil Nadu.

Amid all the controversies surrounding The Kerala Story, the film dropped in theatres on May 5. It created a roar at the box office ever since its release. On Day 18, the film even managed to cross the Rs 200 crore-club. However, after that, TKS slowed down in its collection. As per the early trade estimates, on Day 34, June 7, the film minted around Rs 65 lakh at the box office. Hence, the total collection of The Kerala Story now stands somewhere around Rs 238.22 crore. This brings the figure closer to the Rs 240 crore-mark. Meanwhile, TKS had an overall 12.40 per cent occupancy in Hindi on June 7.

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The Kerala Story follows the story of a Hindu woman from Kerala, played by Adah Sharma. She is brainwashed to embrace Islam and sent to Syria, where she is forced to join the ISIS terrorist organisation. She is tortured there. The film is directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The Kerala Story has been in the scanner ever since the trailer was released.