Ever since was released on March 11, Vivek Agnihotri’s film The Kashmir Files has generated a flurry of reactions from all over the world. The film not only divided people into polar stands but also witnessed multiple controversies from the allegations of increasing religious animosity to facing bans in various countries.
Based on the 1990 Kashmir insurgency’s genocide of Kashmiri Hindus, the movie stars Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumaar, Mithun Chakraborty, and Pallavi Joshi. Despite the fact that the film is based on real incidents, many people call it a propaganda movie. However, despite all this, the movie still stays strong at the box office and in between its fans.
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Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid called The Kashmir Files movie ‘vulgar propaganda’ as IFFI jury head
While the discussions about the film The Kashmir Files have been put on hold for the last few months, it has again ignited recently but this time, by the foreign filmmaker’s comments.
In the video, he can be heard saying,
“All of us were disturbed and shocked by the movie The Kashmir Files. It felt to us like a propaganda, vulgar movie that was inappropriate for an artistic, competitive section of such a prestigious film festival. I feel comfortable to share open the feelings with you since the spirit of the festival can truly accept critical discussion.”
The head of the jury for the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Nadav Lapid, denounced the selection of Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files as “propaganda, vulgar movie,” at the festival’s closing ceremony on Monday.
In the presence of prominent politicians, including Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur, Nadav Lapid made the comment. Nevertheless, Nadav Lapid has been under fire for the remarks on social media since the video of his speech went viral on Twitter.
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Not only commoners but also many well-known Bollywood celebs including Anupam Kher openly criticized him for his insensitive remarks.
And now, finally, The Kashmir Files creator, Vivek Agnihotri responded to his comments and challenged him to find untrue facts from the movie. So, here’s what he said:
Vivek Agnihotri challenged Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid
The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri has finally spoken out on recent remarks made by Israeli director Nadav Lapid. Vivek vowed to quit creating movies if anybody could establish that what he depicted in his film was false in a new video posted to his social media accounts.
Vivek addressed the controversy in a new video posted on his social media, stating,
“This is nothing new for me. Because such things are often said by terrorist organisations, urban naxals and by those who wants to divide the country. What is shocking to me is that narrative supported by those who wish to separate Kashmir from India were voiced at the stage of an event organised by the government on India. And a few who live India used it against the country. Who are these people.”
He claimed that when he started investigating the issue four years ago, these are the same people who have been critical of his film. Prior to producing the film, Vivek claimed to have spoken with 700 people. He said,
“It is often said that The Kashmir Files is a propaganda movie, that the Hindus were never killed in the valley. So today, I challenge all intellectuals, urban naxals and this great filmmaker from Israel: if they can prove that a single shot, dialogue, event from The Kashmir Files is untrue, I would stop making movies.”
Have a look at the video
Terror supporters and Genocide deniers can never silence me.
Jai Hind. #TheKashmirFiles #ATrueStory pic.twitter.com/jMYyyenflc— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) November 29, 2022
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