Taking to Instagram, director Vivek shared a video, which he captioned, โTerror supporters and Genocide deniers can never silence me. Jai Hind. #TheKashmirFiles #ATrueStoryโ
New Delhi: Bollywood director Vivek Agnihotri, on Tuesday, reacted to the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Jury Head Nadav Lapidโs statement calling โThe Kashmir Filesโ a โpropaganda and vulgarโ film at the festivalโs closing ceremony.
Taking to Instagram, director Vivek shared a video, which he captioned, โTerror supporters and Genocide deniers can never silence me. Jai Hind. #TheKashmirFiles #ATrueStory.โ
Vivek Agnihotri said in a video, โYesterday at IFFI, a jury member called โThe Kashmir Filesโ a propaganda and a vulgar film. This is not a new thing for me, because these types of comments are being made by many terrorist organizations, urban naxals, and the people who want to divide India. But what surprises me the most is, that this narrative of dividing Kashmir from India by some terrorists was supported on stage at an event organized by the Government of India.โ
Nadav Lapid had called 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. A video from the festival went viral in which Lapid is seen criticizing the film.
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โWho are these people? These are the same people who called this film propaganda since the day I started working on the film. This film was made after interviewing more than 700 people whose family members were cut into pieces and gang raped. Were all those people talking propaganda or vulgar? The land where once Hindus were in majority has no Hindus today, and many Hindus are killed every other day. Is it propaganda or vulgarity? Yaseen Malik accepted his terrorism and he is in jail today. Is this propaganda or vulgarity?โ Vivek added.
Lapidโs remarks did not go down well with many. Actors Anupam Kher and Darshan Kumaar, who played key roles in โThe Kashmir Filesโ along with filmmaker Ashoke Pandit and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Vice President Abhinav Prakash were among the people who condemned the controversial comments
Vivek further said, โI challenge all these urban naxals and the legendary filmmaker who came from Israel, that if they can prove any single shot, event or dialogue is not completely true then I will quit filmmaking. Who are these people who stand up against India every time? These are the same people who never allowed Moplahโs and Kashmirโs truth to come out. These are the same people who were selling burning pyres for just some dollars, and now when I announced my next film โThe Vaccine Warโ they are standing against it also, but I am not afraid, do whatever you want to do but I will fight.โ
โThe Kashmir Filesโ was released earlier this year in theatres and it told the story of the Hindu exodus in the 1990s and targeted killings of the Kashmiri Pandits.
The movie went on to become one of the highest-grossing Bollywood movies of 2022 and Anupam Kher received acclaim for his performance.
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