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Prakash Raj Calls Kashmir Files A “Nonsense” Film, Vivek Agnihotri responds

Muskan Moirangthem — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:14:40 +0000

Bollywood and South Actor and Politician Prakash Raj is in the headlines for the past few weeks for his unfiltered opinion on ‘ Boycott Pathaan’ and his comments on The Kashmir Files. Recently a video of Prakash Raj is surfacing on the internet where he addressed the boycott gang as barking dogs who just bark and does not bite, he didn’t stop at this he continued and called Kashmir Files a ‘ nonsense’ film. Prakash Raj has even mocked the claim of that the film has a chance of winning Oscar Award.

Kashmir Files directed by Vivek Agnihotri has been in news ever since it release in March last year. The movie is based on the lives of Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to migrate from their hometown Kashmir in 90s. The movie was also in headlines because of controversial comments made on it by other filmmakers, like one of the filmmaker Nadav Lipid called Kashmir Files vulgar propaganda at a film festival in Goa. After the negative remarks of Prakash Raj on the movie, director Vivek Agnihotri responded to the comment saying the film has been giving Prakash Raj sleepless night and called him an Urban Naxal. Vivelk Agnihotri tweeted ” A small , people’s film#TheKashmirFiles has given sleepless nights to #UrbanNaxals so that one of their Pidi is troubled even after one year, calling its viewer’s barking dogs and Mr. Andhkaar Raj, how can I get Bhaskar, she/he is all yours Forever.” Vivek Agnihotri called Prakash Raj as Andhkaar Raj as Prakash means light and Andhkaar means darkness, which is the complete opposite of light.

This what Vivek Agnihotri has to say about Prakash Raj:

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. And Mr. Andhkaar Raj, how can I get Bhaskar, she/he is all yours. Forever. pic.twitter.com/BbUMadCN8F

— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) February 9, 2023

Singapore bans “The Kashmir Files” movie for violating its film classification guidelines

Akash Dhanurkar — Mon, 09 May 2022 12:23:00 +0000

Multi-racial Singapore has banned ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie that displayed the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the valley in 1990. The film displays the atrocities committed against the minority Hindus in the valley in 1990. The film, however, is said to be “beyond” Singapore’s film classification guidelines; suggesting, that the violation of the rules and laws is leading it to get banned. The joint statement was issued by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY), and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

“The film will be refused classification for its provocative and one-sided portrayal of Muslims and the depictions of Hindus being persecuted in the ongoing conflict in Kashmir,” quoting authorities speaking on Channel News Asia. It further added, “any material that is denigrating to racial or religious communities in Singapore” will be refused to be classified. The film directed by Vivek Agnihotri defines the exodus of the Kashmiri Hindus owing to the terrorism in the valley.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman refers ‘The Kashmir Files’ in her speech, slams Congress

Keertiman Upadhyay — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:55:18 +0000

On Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for Jammu & Kashmir & raised the issue of exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in Lok Sabha.

The FM used the reference of the latest documentary, The Kashmir Files in her speech. “I want to say a bitter truth about Kashmir Files. People were brutally killed and forced to leave their own homes. In front of their husbands, wives were…I can’t even utter this. People were threatened,” said the minister in her speech.

Nirmala Sitharaman attacked the opposition party, Congress for its tweet on the Kashmir issue. Kerala Congress had stated that the exodus was the fault of the then BJP governor, this tweet was later deleted by the Congress. “Facts about #KashmiriPandits issue: After the terrorist attacks, instead of providing Pandits security, BJP’s own governor Jagmohan asked them to relocate to Jammu. A large number of Pandit families did not feel secure and left the valley in fear,” tweeted Kerala Congress.

The minister also reminded Congress of the incident where J&K separatist Yasin Malik was invited by the ex-prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh. “This separatist goes to a global TV channel and admits that he killed Indian Airforce officers and our Prime Minister shook hands with him?” the finance minister questioned the Congress.