UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meets with The Kerala Story team in Lucknow. See pics

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a gathering with workforce behind The Kerala Story on Wednesdya in Lucknow. Lead actor Adah Sharma, director Sudipto Sen, producer and inventive Vipul Amrutlal Shah had been current to speak and mingle with the political chief. A day earlier, the Hindi movie was declared tax-free within the state. (Also learn: The Kerala Story producer Vipul Shah responds to backlash, says movie ‘is just not in opposition to Muslims or Islam’)

In the meetup, the filmmakers together with Adah speaking to the Chief Minister concerning the movie. Vipul requested the politician to see the movie. He is anticipated to look at the movie in particular screening with the remainder of the cupboard on the Lok Bhawan on May 12.

Vipul advised the news company ANI, “Uttar Pradesh government and Yogi ji have taken this step and boosted our morale a lot strenthened our thinking. He has sent a very powerful message to the people due to audiences are watching this film in large numbers. So we are very thankful to the CM that it happened.”

Sudipto added, “We came to thank the Honorable Chief Minister to declare the film tax-free and giving a chance to the citizen of Uttar Pradesh to watch this film.”

Released in theatres on May 5, there have been calls to ban the movie in states like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The Kerala Story additionally stars Yogita Bihani, Siddhi Idnani and Sonia Balani in lead roles.

Earlier, producer Vipul shared that the Hindi movie is just not ‘against Muslims or Islam’ however in opposition to terrorism as a substitute. They had made the movie to share tales of victims and their households. He additionally revealed that many individuals had modified their thoughts after seeing the movie and had apologised afterwards.

The Kerala Story crossed the ₹50 crore mark on its fifth day of launch, incomes ₹11.14 crore on Tuesday on the field workplace. It has earned ₹56.86 crore on the home field workplace to date and shall be launched internationally on May 12.

On Tuesday, Malayalam actor Tovino had questioned the details introduced within the movie. He had stated, “I’ll not deny the truth that this occurred. But three out of 35 million — can’t be generalised and giving misinformation could be very dangerous.”