The Kashmir Files: What the movie is about and the distasteful review by Anupama Chopra's website
2 years, 9 months ago

The Kashmir Files: What the movie is about and the distasteful review by Anupama Chopra's website

Op India  

On the 6th of March, my husband, who is woefully apolitical and I went for the special screening of Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’. With viewers walking out of the movie feeling shaken, stirred and everything in between, one has to wonder what goaded Anupama Chopra, a veteran movie reviewer, to publish the most insipid review of the movie, which essentially not only denied Vivek Agnihotri the credit for immortalising the suffering of Kashmiri Hindus but also denied the genocide that took place in 1990. What does the despicable review published by Anupama Chopra say The 6 paragraph review of Kashmir Files published by Anupama Chopra essentially denies that genocide of Hindus ever happened in Kashmir. Writing about the speech by the main character, Krishna, who changes the hearts of JNU students by his speech on the glory of Kashmir’s Hindu past, the author says that it was unrealistic since the JNU students could not possibly realise that was he speaking the truth about the genocide of Hindus in “6 minutes flat”. But it is woefully evident that the rant published by Anupama Chopra’s sidekick isn’t about the aesthetics of the movie or that Vivek Agnihotri particularly lacks the requisite skill to make a good movie – it is about the subject chosen and the fact that the naked, unvarnished truth about the genocide of Hindus was not toned down to suit the sensibility of those ingrate elements of the society who would want to call armed Islamic terrorists, “rebels”.

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Kashmir Files and Razakar Files: Who will they help?
1 year, 3 months ago

Kashmir Files and Razakar Files: Who will they help?

Deccan Chronicle  

“Let truth be told. Police Action was not all sweets and roses Like with every military action throughout history across the world, “Police Action” had its share of atrocities. If some have to be made to feel guilty, face consequences and pay today for the atrocities by the Razakars, then why not the same logic applied for the atrocities of …

On ‘The Kashmir Files: Unreported,’ ‘Gadar 2’ and ‘OMG 2’: The anatomy of hate narratives and a reason for hope
1 year, 3 months ago

On ‘The Kashmir Files: Unreported,’ ‘Gadar 2’ and ‘OMG 2’: The anatomy of hate narratives and a reason for hope

The Hindu  

Art binds people to each other but sometimes when prejudice starts informing the craft, cinema becomes a tool to shape hostile propaganda against a community. In the last couple of weeks, we watched two varieties in the form of The Kashmir Files: Unreported and the much-anticipated sequel to Sunny Deol’s Gadar. It is pretty straightforward in The Kashmir Files and …

Anupam Kher makes BIG revelation for 'The Kashmir Files', says 'there is no interpretation of truth'
1 year, 4 months ago

Anupam Kher makes BIG revelation for 'The Kashmir Files', says 'there is no interpretation of truth'

India TV News  

Terming The Kashmir Files an 'internal truth', veteran actor Anupam Kher said there should not be any problem in speaking what is right. In his response, Kher said, "'The Kashmir Files' is our internal truth. About 'The Kashmir Files' The film, featuring Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Mithun Chakraborty and Darshan Kumar, was released theatrically in March, last year. Now, Agnihotri …

Book Review | American slams J&K policy but doesn't factor Islamist militancy
1 year, 5 months ago

Book Review | American slams J&K policy but doesn't factor Islamist militancy

Deccan Chronicle  

Between 2006 and 2008, a young American, David Lepeska, found himself in Kashmir where he ultimately secured a job as correspondent in a local newspaper. His assessment of Kashmir’s troubled history is quite fair and displays a clarity rare among Western writers on the subject. “And unless more Indians take the risk of responding to the troubles in Kashmir and …

Vivek Agnihotri asks Mamata Banerjee for withdrawal of her comments on The Kashmir Files, sends legal notice
1 year, 7 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri asks Mamata Banerjee for withdrawal of her comments on The Kashmir Files, sends legal notice

Hindustan Times  

Day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a ban on The Kerala Story, The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri has revealed that he has sent a legal notice to her for her comments made about him and the film. Sharing a four-page-long notice sent to Mamata, Vivek wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, "BREAKING: I have, alongwith @AbhishekOfficl & …

Vivek Agnihotri sends legal notice to CM Mamata for 'defamatory' remark against The Kashmir Files
1 year, 7 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri sends legal notice to CM Mamata for 'defamatory' remark against The Kashmir Files

India Today  

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has announced that he has sent legal notice to Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of Bengal, with regards to her recent statements. In her recent statements, Mamata Banerjee alleged that movies like The Kashmir Files and the recently released The Kerala Story was made to humiliate a certain section of the society. VIVEK SENDS LEGAL NOTICE TO …

Vivek Agnihotri calls Prakash Raj 'Andhkaar Raj' after actor's 'nonsense' comment about The Kashmir Files
1 year, 10 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri calls Prakash Raj 'Andhkaar Raj' after actor's 'nonsense' comment about The Kashmir Files

India Today  

At a recent event, actor Prakash Raj stirred controversy with his comments on Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files. VIVEK AGNIHOTRI HITS BACK ON PRAKASH RAJ Sharing the video where Prakash Raj can be seen slamming The Kashmir Files and Vivek Agnihotri, the director reacted strongly. He wrote on Twitter, “A small, people’s film #TheKashmirFiles has given sleepless nights to #UrbanNaxals …

Vivek Agnihotri hits back after Prakash Raj's The Kashmir Files criticism, calls him 'urban Naxal', 'Andhkar Raj'
1 year, 10 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri hits back after Prakash Raj's The Kashmir Files criticism, calls him 'urban Naxal', 'Andhkar Raj'

Hindustan Times  

Vivek tweeted Thursday morning, “A small, people’s film #TheKashmirFiles has given sleepless nights to #UrbanNaxals so much that one of their Pidi is troubled even after one year, calling its viewer’s barking dogs. Forever.” During his session at the recently held Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters in Kerala, Prakash Raj spoke about The Kashmir Files. Calling it a nonsense film, …

Prakash Raj calls The Kashmir Files nonsense: 'International jury spit on them'
1 year, 10 months ago

Prakash Raj calls The Kashmir Files nonsense: 'International jury spit on them'

Hindustan Times  

Actor Prakash Raj has vehemently criticised The Kashmir Files, calling it 'one of the nonsense films'. Prakash Raj has called The Kashmir Files 'one of the nonsense films'. At the event, Prakash said, "The Kashmir Files is one of the nonsense films, but we know who produced it. But you can’t fool people all the time.” Last year, Israeli filmmaker …

The Kashmir Files Re-release: When and where to watch Anupam Kher's movie again in cinemas and OTT
1 year, 11 months ago

The Kashmir Files Re-release: When and where to watch Anupam Kher's movie again in cinemas and OTT

India TV News  

The Kashmir Files Re-releases: Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri's directorial The Kashmir Files amassed massive popularity when it released in India in march last year. Starring Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumar and others, The Kashmir Files is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the early 1990s and how it led to the region-based killings. DON'T MISS …

Vivek Agnihotri reacts as Ashoke Pandit equates ‘trolling' of Pathaan with 'attack on The Kashmir Files'
2 years ago

Vivek Agnihotri reacts as Ashoke Pandit equates ‘trolling' of Pathaan with 'attack on The Kashmir Files'

Hindustan Times  

Director Vivek Agnihotri has reacted after filmmaker Ashoke Pandit said that if the 'attack on The Kashmir Files was wrong, then the same applies to Pathaan'. Director Vivek Agnihotri has responded to filmmaker Ashoke Pandit's tweets on ‘attack and trolling’ of The Kashmir Files and Pathaan. Ashoke Pandit wrote, "If abusing and trolling @vivekagnihotri was right & hence the entire …

The Kashmir Files is 'garbage', says screenwriter Saeed Akhtar Mirza: The point is not to take sides
2 years ago

The Kashmir Files is 'garbage', says screenwriter Saeed Akhtar Mirza: The point is not to take sides

Hindustan Times  

Screenwriter and director Saeed Akhtar Mirza has called The Kashmir Files 'garbage' and added that the 'point is not to take sides'. The Kashmir Files is directed by Vivek Agnihotri and stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumaar and others. The Kashmir Files stars Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi among others. Recently, a row erupted over …

Discourse on Kashmiri Pandits must move beyond ‘The Kashmir Files’
2 years ago

Discourse on Kashmiri Pandits must move beyond ‘The Kashmir Files’

Firstpost  

If the BJP is serious about addressing the issues faced by Kashmiri Pandits, it needs to think beyond The Kashmir Files so that there are no more files to be made in the future Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s remarks on The Kashmir Files, a film based on the persecution of Kashmiri Pandits by Islamists in Kashmir, at the 53rd edition …

'The Kashmir Files' row: Three IFFI jurors back Nadav Lapid, Indian member Sudipto Sen differs
2 years ago

'The Kashmir Files' row: Three IFFI jurors back Nadav Lapid, Indian member Sudipto Sen differs

Firstpost  

Sen’s assertion comes after three members - American producer Jinko Gotoh, French film editor Pascale Chavance and French documentary filmmaker Javier Angulo Barturen - released a statement on Twitter endorsing Lapid’s comments that caused a huge controversy earlier this week. New Delhi: Sudipto Sen, the lone Indian in the jury board of the just-concluded International Film Festival of India, Saturday …

A film’s worth, a juror’s conscience and a regime’s agenda: ‘The Kashmir Files’ case
2 years ago

A film’s worth, a juror’s conscience and a regime’s agenda: ‘The Kashmir Files’ case

The Hindu  

George Orwell famously said all art is propaganda. The novelist and literary critic’s statement became relevant all over again as the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India suddenly came alive during its closing ceremony when the head of the international jury Nadav Lapid described The Kashmir Files, one of the 15 films in the international competitive section, …

Mehbooba backs IFFI jury head’s criticism of ‘The Kashmir Files’
2 years ago

Mehbooba backs IFFI jury head’s criticism of ‘The Kashmir Files’

The Hindu  

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday backed Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s criticism of The Kashmir Files movie at the International Film Festival of India’s closing ceremony. “Finally, someone called out a movie that was nothing but sheer propaganda promoted by the ruling party to demonise Muslims especially Kashmiris and widen the …

‘The Kashmir Files’ row | Nadav Lapid says he can recognise propaganda disguised as a movie
2 years ago

‘The Kashmir Files’ row | Nadav Lapid says he can recognise propaganda disguised as a movie

The Hindu  

Unfazed by the widespread criticism of his comments against the Hindi film "The Kashmir Files", Israeli director and IFFI international jury chair Nadav Lapid said he stands by his remarks as he "knows how to recognise propaganda disguised as a movie". Reacting to the backlash he received for calling "The Kashmir Files" a "vulgar" and "propaganda" movie, Mr. Lapid said …

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on 'The Kashmir Files': 'This is a very crude, manipulative and violent propaganda film'
2 years ago

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid on 'The Kashmir Files': 'This is a very crude, manipulative and violent propaganda film'

Firstpost  

Reacting to the backlash he received for calling “The Kashmir Files” a “vulgar” and “propaganda” movie, Lapid said making bad films is not a crime, but the Vivek Agnihotri directorial is “crude, manipulative and violent”. Unfazed by the widespread criticism of his comments against the Hindi film “ The Kashmir Files ”, Israeli director and IFFI international jury chair Nadav …

Israeli director defends criticism of India ‘propaganda’ movie after backlash: ‘Someone needs to speak up’
2 years ago

Israeli director defends criticism of India ‘propaganda’ movie after backlash: ‘Someone needs to speak up’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nadav Lapid, the Israeli filmmaker …

‘Kashmir Files Unreported’: Post IFFI row, Vivek Agnihotri announces ‘Kashmir Files’ follow-up film
2 years ago

‘Kashmir Files Unreported’: Post IFFI row, Vivek Agnihotri announces ‘Kashmir Files’ follow-up film

The Hindu  

A day after he challenged the International Film Festival of India jury and Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid to prove that events depicted in his film The Kashmir Files are false, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has announced a follow-up film titled The Kashmir Files Unreported to “expose the whole truth.” Earlier this week, on the closing day of the 53rd edition of …

OPINION | The Kashmir Files: Lapid’s remark is vulgar, not the movie
2 years ago

OPINION | The Kashmir Files: Lapid’s remark is vulgar, not the movie

India TV News  

Kashmir Files controversy : The disparaging remark made by an Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid about the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ triggered a strong backlash in India and the Israeli ambassador had to tender an apology. We were, all of us, disturbed and shocked by the 15th film, ‘The Kashmir Files’, that felt to us like a propaganda, vulgar movie, inappropriate …

The Kashmir Files Row: From Vivek Agnihotri to Swara Bhaskar, Here's How Celebs Reacted
2 years ago

The Kashmir Files Row: From Vivek Agnihotri to Swara Bhaskar, Here's How Celebs Reacted

ABP News  

New Delhi: 'The Kashmir Files' fails to run out of controversy. The film generated controversy after the Israeli director Nadav Lapid, who chaired the 53rd International Film Festival of India as the head of the jury, called 'The Kashmir Files' a 'propoganda' and 'vulgar film'. Israel's Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon took to his twitter handle and shared pointers bringing …

Kashmiri Pandits hit out at Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, want him deported immediately
2 years ago

Kashmiri Pandits hit out at Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, want him deported immediately

The Hindu  

Kashmiri Pandits, whose parents were killed by terrorists in the Valley, lashed out at Israeli film director Nadav Lapid on November 29 for terming the Bollywood movie 'The Kashmir Files' a "propaganda movie" and "vulgar". Mr. Lapid, viewed as an anti-establishment filmmaker, had described 'The Kashmir Files' as a "propaganda movie" and "vulgar" at the closing ceremony of the 53rd …

Anupam Kher reacts to IFFI jury head who slammed ‘The Kashmir Files’: He himself is vulgar and an opportunist
2 years ago

Anupam Kher reacts to IFFI jury head who slammed ‘The Kashmir Files’: He himself is vulgar and an opportunist

The Hindu  

Veteran actor Anupam Kher of the 'The Kashmir Files' fame on Tuesday said it is "shameful" on the part of IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid to term the film as "propaganda and vulgar" at the festival's closing ceremony. During the closing ceremony of the IFFI on On November 28, Lapid termed 'The Kashmir Files' a "propaganda, vulgar film", adding that …

Israeli filmmaker comments on Kashmir film stoke controversy
2 years ago

Israeli filmmaker comments on Kashmir film stoke controversy

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Israel’s envoy to India on Tuesday denounced a filmmaker from his country after he called a blockbuster Bollywood film on disputed Kashmir a “propaganda” and “vulgar movie” at a film festival, stoking a debate about recent history that fuels the ongoing conflict. Naor Gilon, Israel’s ambassador to India, said he was “extremely hurt” by comments made by …

The Kashmir Files: Row after film festival judge calls Modi-backed movie ‘vulgar propaganda’
2 years ago

The Kashmir Files: Row after film festival judge calls Modi-backed movie ‘vulgar propaganda’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A contentious Indian film endorsed …

Salvatore Babones’s cryptic dig at Nadav Lapid: 'Funny… juries promote films that we find shocking, disturbing'
2 years ago

Salvatore Babones’s cryptic dig at Nadav Lapid: 'Funny… juries promote films that we find shocking, disturbing'

Firstpost  

In his speech at the closing ceremony of IFFI 2022, jury chief Nadav Lapid called Vivek Agnihotri directed ‘The Kashmir Files’ a ‘propaganda and vulgar’ film and said that he was ‘shocked and disturbed’ by its inclusion in the competitive section New Delhi: In a cryptic tweet, American sociologist and professor at University of Sydney Salvatore Babones called the ‘The …

SC lawyer files police complaint against IFFI jury head for remarks on Kashmir Files
2 years ago

SC lawyer files police complaint against IFFI jury head for remarks on Kashmir Files

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A practising lawyer of the Supreme Court on Tuesday filed a complaint with Goa police against International Film Festival of India Jury Head Nadav Lapid for allegedly abusing Hindu community sacrifice made in Kashmir by calling the movie 'The Kashmir Files' as 'vulgar' and 'propaganda'. Advocate Vineet Jindal has filed a complaint against Nadav Lapid and sought registration …

BJP's Amit Malviya slams Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s criticism of The Kashmir Files
2 years ago

BJP's Amit Malviya slams Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s criticism of The Kashmir Files

Firstpost  

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, who headed the jury, described The Kashmir Files as “propaganda” and “vulgar” and said he was “shocked” and “disturbed” by its inclusion in the competitive section at the fest. New Delhi: BJP’s Amit Malviya on Tuesday compared Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s condemnation of ‘The Kashmir Files’ to the denial of Holocaust, the killing of millions of …

The Kashmir Files controversy: Nadav Lapid's remark was 'completely his personal opinion', says filmmaker Sudipto Sen
2 years ago

The Kashmir Files controversy: Nadav Lapid's remark was 'completely his personal opinion', says filmmaker Sudipto Sen

Firstpost  

Sudipto Sen said that the jury members “don’t indulge in any kind of political comments” New Delhi: International Film Festival of India 2022 jury member Sudipto Sen has said jury head Nadav Lapid’s remark about The Kashmir Files “was completely his personal opinion”. The jury of the 53rd International Film Festival of India in Goa has slammed The Kashmir Files, …

Don't agree with Nadav Lapid's remarks on 'The Kashmir Files', says Israeli diplomat on IFFI row
2 years ago

Don't agree with Nadav Lapid's remarks on 'The Kashmir Files', says Israeli diplomat on IFFI row

Firstpost  

New Delhi: IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid’s comments on ‘The Kashmir Files’ have not gone well and have been drawing flak from the masses. Now, Israel’s Consul General to Midwest Kobbi Shoshani has said that he watched the Vivek Agnihotri directorial and holds a “different opinion” than Lapid. Replying to a post on Twitter, Shoshani said: “I saw ‘The Kashmir …

Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena’s out-on-bail Sanjay Raut opens his mouth again, says more pandits killed after release of Kashmir Files than by Islamists in 90s
2 years ago

Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena’s out-on-bail Sanjay Raut opens his mouth again, says more pandits killed after release of Kashmir Files than by Islamists in 90s

Op India  

Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut, recently released from jail on bail, has opened his mouth against and waded into the controversy stirred after Israeli filmmaker and Palestinian sympathiser, Nadav Lapid, called the Kashmir Files movie by Vivek Agnihotri a “propaganda” movie. On November 29, an Israeli filmmaker and International Film Festival of India jury chairman Nadav Lapid called filmmaker …

Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Ashoke Pandit Slam IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid For Calling Kashmir Files 'Vulgar'
2 years ago

Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Ashoke Pandit Slam IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid For Calling Kashmir Files 'Vulgar'

ABP News  

New Delhi: The 53rd International Film Festival of India of IFFI jury head and Israeli Director Nadav Lapid’s statement on ‘The Kashmir Files’ has created quite a stir. ‘The Kashmir Files’ actor Anupam Kher too took to Twitter to share a few pictures, which include, Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List and his still from The Kashmir Files. #WATCH | Anupam …

Vivek Agnihotri Posts Video After Nadav Lapid's Remark On The Kashmir Files
2 years ago

Vivek Agnihotri Posts Video After Nadav Lapid's Remark On The Kashmir Files

ABP News  

New Delhi: Israeli director Nadav Lapid, who also chaired the 53rd International Film Festival of India as the head of the jury, sparked a controversy with his remark on Vivek Agnihotri's film 'The Kashmir Files' as he called it a "propaganda" and "vulgar" film. After sharing a cryptic tweet in the morning, 'The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri has now …

Controversy erupts over Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s comments on ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie
2 years ago

Controversy erupts over Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s comments on ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie

The Hindu  

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, the jury head of the 53rd International Film Festival of India, on Monday described Hindi film ‘The Kashmir Files’ as “propaganda” and “vulgar”. In his speech at the closing ceremony of IFFI 2022, Mr. Lapid said he was “disturbed and shocked” to see the film being screened at the film festival. ‘Kashmir Files’ is not on …

Ashoke Pandit questions Nadav Lapid's selection as IFFI jury head
2 years ago

Ashoke Pandit questions Nadav Lapid's selection as IFFI jury head

Hindustan Times  

Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, a Kashmiri Pandit himself, has slammed IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid who called Vivek Agnihotri's film The Kashmir Files ‘propaganda, vulgar’ at the closing ceremony of the festival in Goa on Monday. Taking to Twitter Monday night after Nadav's speech at the International Film Festival of India, Ashoke wrote, “I take strong objection to the language used …

Israeli filmmaker’s remarks on Kashmir Files trigger row in India
2 years ago

Israeli filmmaker’s remarks on Kashmir Files trigger row in India

Al Jazeera  

Israel’s envoy to India slams Nadav Lapid after he calls the controversial film on Kashmir dispute ‘propaganda’ and a ‘vulgar movie’. An Israeli filmmaker has triggered controversy in India after he denounced a film on the Kashmir dispute as “propaganda” and a “vulgar movie” at a government- Nadav Lapid, who headed the jury at the week-long International Film Festival of …

'The Kashmir Files appears vulgar & propaganda film', says IFFI jury head; Anupam Kher reacts to viral video
2 years ago

'The Kashmir Files appears vulgar & propaganda film', says IFFI jury head; Anupam Kher reacts to viral video

India TV News  

In a turn of unexpected events, Nadav Lapid, IFFI's jury head, during the film festival called Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files 'vulgar' and 'inappropriate'. Actor Anupam Kher, who played a key role in 'The Kashmir Files' took a jibe at IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid for calling the film "propaganda, vulgar" at the festival's closing ceremony on Monday. On …

IFFI jury head calls The Kashmir Files ‘vulgar propaganda’ on stage. Watch
2 years ago

IFFI jury head calls The Kashmir Files ‘vulgar propaganda’ on stage. Watch

Hindustan Times  

The 53rd International Film Festival of India ended with some controversial comments on Monday. At the closing ceremony, jury head, Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid criticised Vivek Agnihotri's Hindi film The Kashmir Files on stage, calling it 'propaganda'. In his address to the audience, Nadav said, “We were, all of us, disturbed and shocked by the 15th film: The Kashmir Files. …

Kashmir Files director\'s new film in 11 languages
2 years, 1 month ago

Kashmir Files director\'s new film in 11 languages

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Director Vivek Agnihotri catapulted to popularity after his film ‘The Kashmir Files’ won acclaim this year. The word of mouth publicity helped the movie get good collections across the nation, surprising trade analysts and film buffs alike. At a time when movie-goers were expecting another good film from Vivek Agnihotri, he asked the netizens on social media to suggest …

Vivek Agnihotri slams Anurag Kashyap for judging Kashmir Files without watching
2 years, 4 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri slams Anurag Kashyap for judging Kashmir Files without watching

Hindustan Times  

The Kashmir Files director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri took to Twitter and reacted to Anurag Kashyap who recently said that he wouldn’t want Vivek’s film to be India’s official entry for the Oscars. Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on Anurag Kashyap's remark on The Kashmir Files. Does this mean his ideology is that of Islamic Terrorists Brotherhood?” The war of words started when …

Vivek Agnihotri says Anurag Kashyap tried to ‘sabotage’ The Kashmir Files
2 years, 4 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri says Anurag Kashyap tried to ‘sabotage’ The Kashmir Files

Hindustan Times  

Vivek Agnihotri, the director of The Kashmir Files, has said that fellow filmmaker Anurag Kashyap tried to ‘sabotage’ his film, which released earlier this year. Anurag had recently stated in an interview that he wouldn’t want The Kashmir Files to be India’s official entry for the Oscars. But here the problem with The Kashmir Files is that certain section of …

Canadian filmmaker says 'hatemongering garbage' The Kashmir Files will be 'embarrassment to India' if sent to Oscars
2 years, 4 months ago

Canadian filmmaker says 'hatemongering garbage' The Kashmir Files will be 'embarrassment to India' if sent to Oscars

Hindustan Times  

Filmmaker Dylan Mohan Gray has said that The Kashmir Files is a "hatemongering garbage of no artistic merit" and added that Anurag Kashyap was just trying to preserve what is left of India's good name, when he expressed hopes that the film is not selected as the official entry to Oscars this year. Responding to Vivek Agnihotri's tweet on Anurag's …

Sai Pallavi says her comment on The Kashmir Files misinterpreted
2 years, 6 months ago

Sai Pallavi says her comment on The Kashmir Files misinterpreted

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Reacting to Bajrang Dal activist Akhil’s complaint filed on June 16 with the Sultan Bazaar police, accusing her of making derogatory remarks against Hindus and Kashmiri Pandits, actress Sai Pallavi on Saturday released a video in which she clarified that her comment on the movie ’The Kashmir Files’ might have been misinterpreted. “Being a medical graduate i feel that …

Vivek Agnihotri and Pallavi Joshi Address UK Parliament on India, world peace and humanism
2 years, 6 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri and Pallavi Joshi Address UK Parliament on India, world peace and humanism

Firstpost  

The much-acclaimed film makers of The Kashmir Files, a film about the Genocide of Kashmiri Hindus, The Kashmir Files spoke at the UK Parliament at an event hosted by former Minister, Baroness Sandip Verma and Member of Parliament, Gagan Mohindra. The genocide of the Kashmiri Hindus in Kashmir, India following rising violence in an insurgency resulted in half a million …

Vivek Agnihotri says New York Times misquoted him for their hitjob on 'The Kashmir Files'
2 years, 6 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri says New York Times misquoted him for their hitjob on 'The Kashmir Files'

Op India  

National Award-winning director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has exposed the ploy of the New York Times to peddle propaganda against his critically acclaimed movie ‘The Kashmiri Files’ and accused them of misquoting him in a recently published report. The screenshots came days after New York Times had published a report targeting his blockbuster movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ ahead of its international …

Farooq, Mehbooba blame ‘The Kashmir Files’ for anger in Kashmir
2 years, 7 months ago

Farooq, Mehbooba blame ‘The Kashmir Files’ for anger in Kashmir

The Hindu  

Top leaders of the J&K-based political amalgam Gupkar alliance, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday blamed the recent movie The Kashmir Files for “infusing a wave of hatred among youth in Kashmir” and claimed the situation in Kashmir was getting bad. Youth are angry here for how they are being perceived outside,” former Chief Minister and National Conference …

The Kashmir Files: Singapore bans film praised by India’s Modi
2 years, 7 months ago

The Kashmir Files: Singapore bans film praised by India’s Modi

Al Jazeera  

The controversial film banned in the Southeast Asian city-state over its ‘provocative and one-sided portrayal’ of Muslims. Singapore has banned a controversial film on the exodus of Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir for its “provocative and one-sided portrayal” of Muslims that officials in the city-state fear has the “potential to cause enmity between different communities”. Released in March, The Kashmir Files …

Wikipedia gets it wrong again, and there is nothing Vivek Agnihotri can do about it
2 years, 7 months ago

Wikipedia gets it wrong again, and there is nothing Vivek Agnihotri can do about it

Firstpost  

As per Wikipedia, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files is a fictional storyline that is centered around an exodus of Kashmiri Hindus. If Wikipedia is to be believed — and it’s sickening and frightening how this self-help quick fix cocky rack of righteous knowledge is taken as the gospel truth by billions across the world—then The Kashmir Files, the film …

Vivek Agnihotri is furious as Wikipedia page calls The Kashmir Files ‘fictional’
2 years, 7 months ago

Vivek Agnihotri is furious as Wikipedia page calls The Kashmir Files ‘fictional’

Hindustan Times  

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has raised objection against the description used for his film The Kashmir Files on Wikipedia. Film director Vivek Agnihotri speaks during a felicitation ceremony for The Kashmir Files makers hosted by Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora, in New Delhi. Hurry, edit more.” The Wikipedia entry mentions that the film 'presents a fictional storyline centered around an exodus of …

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