Veteran actor Anupam Kher of the โThe Kashmir Filesโ fame on Tuesday said it is โshamefulโ on the part of IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid to term the film โpropaganda, vulgarโ at the festivalโs closing ceremony
Mumbai: Veteran actor Anupam Kher of the โThe Kashmir Filesโ fame on Tuesday said it is โshamefulโ on the part of IFFI (International Film Festival of India) jury head Nadav Lapid to term the film โpropaganda, vulgarโ at the festivalโs closing ceremony.
Duiring the closing ceremony of the IFFI on On November 28 Lapid termed โThe Kashmir Filesโ a โpropaganda, vulgar filmโ, adding that he was โshockedโ to see the film in the competition section of such a prestigious film festival.
โIf the holocaust was right then the exodus of Kashmiri pandits is also right. This seems pre-planned because immediately after it the tool-kit gang became active. Itโs shameful for him to make a statement like this even though he comes from a community of Jews who suffered from the holocaust,โ Kher told ANI on Tuesday.
โSo by making a statement like this, he has also pained those people who suffered this tragedy. I would just say may god give him wisdom so that he doesnโt use the tragedy of thousands of people to fulfill his aim on stage,โ he added.
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Referring to Lapidโs remarks, Anupam Kher also tweeted, โNo matter how high the height of the lie is.. It is always small in comparison to the truth.โ The veteran actor attached pictures from โThe Kashmir Filesโ and Steven Spielbergโs film โSchindlerโs Listโ with his tweet.
When Sources contacted festival organisers on the jury headโs statements over the โKashmir Filesโ, they declined to comment.
Released earlier this year, the โThe Kashmir Filesโ was listed in the line-up for IFFIโs Indian Panorama segment for the year 2022.
The film is based on the life of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, during the Kashmir insurgency. It is a true story, based on video interviews of the first generation.
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