Kashmir Files

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The Kashmir Files

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files is a ‘brutally’ honest take (unknown)

Film: The Kashmir Files. Director: Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri. Cast: Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumaar, Pallavi Joshi, Mithun Chakraborty, Chinmay Mandlekar, ...

It’s through the four friends – an IAS officer, a doctor, a cop and a reporter that the film recounts the 90s. While one has read and seen the news, the pathos of being displaced makes a lasting impression. It’s the rather marathon speech which loses the momentum at the end. Vivek Agnihotri’s directional (The Tashkent Files was his last in 2019), The Kashmir Files flits between Kashmir, on the fateful January 19, 1990 and Delhi 2016. From a Pandit having faith in his land and hoping to live a regular life, to his ashes coming back to his ‘home’, The Kashmir Files goes a full circle encompassing the harrowing, traumatic, unbearable turn of events. The love for your land, of being wronged, and not heard at that...the storyline, touches different sore points – how the entire police, hospitals, media, judiciary was rendered helpless.

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Kangana criticises Bollywood's 'pin drop silence' on The Kashmir Files (Hindustan Times)

Actor Kangana Ranaut shared a long note on social media criticising the film industry for not talking about The Kashmir Files. The Vivek Agnihotri film has ...

Later, she also tagged film trade analyst Taran Adarsh's tweet about the film's strong box office performance in her subsequent Instagram Stories post. On Sunday, Kangana shared a long note about the film on her Instagram Stories, where she wrote, "Please notice the pin drop silence in the film industry about #thekashmirfiles not just content even its business is exemplary... On its opening day, it grossed just over ₹3.5 crore, and on Saturday, it improved that number substantially to make ₹8.5 crore on the day. (Also read: The Kashmir Files movie review: Anupam Kher is the soul of this gut-wrenching film that's brazen and brutal) investment and profit proportion might be such a case study that it will be the most successful and profitable film of the year. The Kashmir Files, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, released in theatres on Friday. The film has received rave reviews from critics and also had a strong opening at the box office.

Gujarat govt grants tax-free status to The Kashmir Files (Business Standard)

Written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri and produced by Zee Studios, the film depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir following systematic killings ...

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Akshay Kumar lauds Anupam Kher's acting in The Kashmir Files ... (India Today)

Akshay Kumar lauds Anupam Kher-starrer The Kashmir Files. The actor is the only Bollywood A-lister who has tweeted about the film so far.

The film brings the brutally honest story of the Kashmir Genocide to the big screen. The Kashmir Files is based on the life of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, during the Kashmir insurgency. On its opening day, The Kashmir Files managed to mint a staggering sum of Rs 3.55. The numbers are only expected to rise over the weekend. Amazing to see the audience back to the cinemas in large numbers. Hope to watch the film soon. Hope to watch the film soon.

Kangana Ranaut calls out Bollywood for its silence on The Kashmir ... (The Indian Express)

Kangana Ranaut said The Kashmir Files has broken every myth and preconceived notion about a film's box office performance in the post-pandemic phase.

“The Kashmir Files has shattered box office, today’s numbers will be unbelievable, much more than the entire budget of the film itself. Jai Hind,” the actor wrote as she shared a screenshot of film trade analyst Taran Adarsh’s tweet on The Kashmir Files’ box office performance. Investment and profit proportion might be such a case study that it will be the most successful and profitable film of the year. It is breaking every myth and preconceived notion that was there about bringing back the audiences to the theatres. The actor took to Instagram and wrote a long note, which read, “Please notice the pin drop silence in the film industry about The Kashmir Files. Not just content even its business is exemplary. The actor also called out Bollywood for its silence on The Kashmir Files’ success.

The Kashmir Files tries showing 1990 exodus 'truth' but Vivek Agnihotri gives it death blow (unknown)

It could have been a stunning tribute to the Kashmiri Pandits' cause, but Agnihotri's personal opinions tank the film's credibility.

Vivek Agnihotri called the film “truth of Kashmir ” and rightly shows the infamous Nadimarg massacre of 2003 when 24 Kashmiri Pandits were reportedly killed. But Agnihotri’s ‘truth’ shows his involvement in the Nadimarg massacre, which had actually involved another terrorist called Zia Mustafa of an altogether separate terrorist organisation. They are shocked to know that Krishna didn’t know the true story of his father’s death. He is caught in the middle of two opposing narratives of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus of 1990. The Kashmir Files then becomes a journey of discovering the truth for Krishna. In one among many traumatic scenes, Krishna’s father, hiding in a container of rice, is killed by a local terrorist. One side is represented by the pro-Azaadi JNU professor (Pallavi Joshi) who is gaining a lot of support on the campus for her ‘Kashmir cause’. On the other side is Nath, who has been struggling for 30 years to get justice for the exodus, which the professor claims is a sham.