Pallavi Joshi Gives Hard-Hitting Reply To Farooq Abdullah’s Remark On Kashmiri Pandit Genocide

The Kashmir Files directed by Vivek Agnihotri has triggered a beehive.  It was released on March 11th.  Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumaar, Mithun Chakraborty, and Pallavi Joshi feature in the film, which is based on the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus during the Kashmir uprising in 1990. It was produced by Tej Narayan Agarwal, Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi, and Vivek Agnihotri under the banner of Zee Studios, IAmBuddha, and Abhishek Agarwal Arts.

Thanks to the film The Kashmir Files, tens of millions of people have become knowledgeable of the sad reality of Kashmir and the horrific genocide of non-Muslim Kashmiris that has been hushed up or overlooked for years. Because the victims of the tragedy were never acknowledged, some people find it difficult to accept that the film is based on true events.

The 1990 slaughter of Kashmiri Pandits has captivated the world’s attention, and politicians are now playing the victim card. Farooq Abdullah, the former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir, has revealed in an exclusive interview with India Today that the tragic event did not happen under his reign.

Farooq Abdullah declared in a recent interview that if proven guilty, he is willing to be hung anywhere in the country

Pallavi Joshi, who plays the role of Krishna Pandit’s teacher in the film, has now responded to Abdullah’s remarks. She said,

“Well, politics is not my domain, so I don’t know how to answer politicians. But what we have done and has come out of four years of very detailed and in-depth work. I also have video testimonies of all the Kashmiri Pandits and the government officers of that time from police to administrations and every single incident that we have shown in the film, we have video evidence of it. I don’t think 700 people could together speak the same lie.”

She went on to say,

“Kashmiri Pandits are always accused that they colluded with Jagmohan (Malhotra, Governor of J&K in 1990) and left, I understand a handful of people doing it but why would 7 lakh Pandits do that. Why would they decide to leave the valley one day? Okay, let me say, chalo, they have done this, but when they realised that they are not being able to go back for 32 years, they haven’t said anything against Jagmohan, that is not possible right? What do you make out of this?”

Pallavi Joshi also mentioned how Farooq Abdullah resigned two days before the 1990 Kashmiri Pandit massacre. She said,

“There was no administration for two days. Mr Abdullah resigned two days before the incident and he flew out to London when this mayhem took place on the 19th. Jagmohan was appointed the governor but he couldn’t reach there because of bad weather, he was put up in Jammu for two-three days that’s when all these killings and exodus started happening.”

Meanwhile, The Kashmir Files has broken all box office records and continues to do so every day. The film has officially surpassed the Rs 200-crore milestone, having crossed the Rs 100-crore threshold on March 18.