‘The Kerala Story’ makers announce new project – ‘Bastar’

Filmmakers Vipul Shah and Sudipto Sen, who recently worked together on ‘The Kerala Story’, are now all set to come up with a new project titled ‘Bastar’.

Shah’s Sunshine Pictures, the banner behind the upcoming movie, shared the announcement on its Twitter page. According to the tweet shared by Sudipto Sen, the film will be released in theatres on April 5, 2024.

Taking it to Twitter, Sudipto Sen writes, “April 6, 2010. 76 CRPF jawan and 8 poor villagers were killed in an bloodiest attack by the terrorists, in Chintalner village of Dantewada District of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. After exactly 14-years, the poetic justice will be delivered. #Bastar … Our humble presentation after #TheKeralaStory. Thank you #VipulAmrutlalShah and @sunshinepicture for showing the heart. See you at theatre on April4, 2024”

April 6, 2010.
76 CRPF jawan and 8 poor villagers were killed in an bloodiest attack by the terrorists, in Chintalner village of Dantewada District of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. After exactly 14-years, the poetic justice will be delivered.#Bastar … Our humble presentation after… pic.twitter.com/qXZlOJsprp

— Sudipto SEN (@sudiptoSENtlm) June 26, 2023

As per the makers, the film is inspired by an incident. The poster also reads ‘hidden truth that will take the nation by a storm.’

However, more details regarding the film are awaited.

Notably, ‘The Kerala Story,’ the first film produced by Shah and Sudipto together, became one of 2023’s biggest box office hits. It describes how thousands of young women are said to have been tricked into enlisting with the Islamic State (IS) and travelling to places like Syria and Afghanistan.

The Kerala Story, starring Adah Sharma, has been under scanner ever since the trailer was published. Many disputed the projected numbers in the film’s trailer, which stated that 32,000 women vanished in Kerala. Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, had called it a ‘distorted story’ and banned the movie in the state; however, the ban was lifted after the Supreme Court ordered the state government to withdraw the restriction.