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.
The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, his wife and actress Pallavi Joshi, and the film's producer Abhishek, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
So far, the film has minted Rs 12.05 crore at the domestic box office. On its opening day, the film had minted Rs 3.55 crore at the domestic box office. The Kashmir Files managed to collect Rs 8.50 crore at the domestic box office on Saturday i.e. its second day of release.
The Kashmir Files box office day 2 collection: The Anupam Kher-starrer film directed by Vivek Agnihotri saw a huge jump in earnings on Saturday, ...
The trend in Gujarat / Saurashtra is looking extraordinary on Sunday and it could be that the film easily crosses 1 crore nett in the state which you could not even imagine for a film like this," the report stated. Krishna’s journey and the story of finding the truth about what happened to his family needed more conviction and clarity." Just when you are feeling terrible for what happened to Pushkar and his family, Krishna’s quest to find the truth about his family’s massacre takes over and you immediately switch to present-day. (Also read: The Kashmir Files movie review: Anupam Kher is the soul of this gut-wrenching film that's brazen and brutal) East, West, North, South, #BO is on (fire emoji)… This film is unstoppable… Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter on Sunday morning to share the news about The Kashmir Files' box office run.
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.
The Kashmir Files director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, his wife and actress Pallavi Joshi, and the film's producer Abhishek met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Kashmir Files, a film on the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus, has done well at the box office in its first few days since launch.
It is to note that The Kashmir Files movie has received support from people all over the globe. Several videos have also surfaced on social media, showing people sobbing, screaming ‘Vande Mataram,’ and expressly urging people to go and watch the movie. When OpIndia reached out to him for his comments, he stated, “The plan was to generate a buzz so that more and more people would see the film. On being asked why so many people want to see the movie, he said, “Because of the environment created by the Central government. I request @OpIndia_com to set up some logistics to help pay on my behalf of those who wish to see the movie. OpIndia reached out to the user who on the condition of maintaining his anonymity said, “For the last 32 years, the only book that told real history was My Frozen Turbulence in Kashmir by former J&K Governor Jagmohan. After that no one told the real story of Kashmiri Hindus. I am from Jammu, I know a lot of Kashmiri Hindus. Few movies were made, but they were total propaganda movies, this is the first movie that tells the real story without watering it down. Aashish, while speaking to OpIndia, said that he is a Kashmiri Hindu whose family had faced the Islamic terrorism in the 90s. Several social media users have urged people to contact them because they are providing free movie tickets in order for the truth to reach the public. I request @OpIndia_com to set up some logistics to help pay on my behalf of those who wish to see the movie. In fact, I’d sponsor 5 tickets in the 1st week. So many people have also said that they are shocked at the reality depicted in the film since all these years they were not aware of such brutalities being inflicted on fellow Indians. Along with the emotional scenes outside cinema halls, the film has also stoked controversy over allegations of reduced cinema halls allotted and so-called film critics dismissing the film as propaganda, despite all the brutalities depicted in the film being documented evidence.