Vivek Agnihotri: Let us tell you that director Vivek Agnihotri, who directed “The Kashmir Files”, has announced that he will make “The Kashmir Files: Unreported” to tell people ‘the complete truth’. Vivek’s announcement comes after Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid called the film “The Kashmir Files” an “ad, obscene film”. Nadav, who was the jury chief of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). Where Nadav also said that he was “surprised” to see the film in the competition section of such a prestigious film event.
Know what Vivek said:
Along with this, reacting to his comments, Vivek shared a video on Instagram on Tuesday. He had said, ‘I challenge all these Urban Naxalites and veteran filmmakers from Israel that if they prove any shot, incident or dialogue to be completely true, I will leave filmmaking. India every time?”
While talking to a media house, Vivek Agnihotri has now said, “I am determined now and I am making an announcement… We have so many stories, tales, truths with which we could have made 10 films instead of one. But we decided to make only one film. But now, I have decided that I will bring out the whole truth and it will be titled “The Kashmir Files Unreported”. This year, I am determined now.”
Apart from this he also said, “I will soon tell everyone whether in the form of unreported web series or documentary. I will put forth the whole truth. Now this topic is beyond art and is more about the prestige of this country.” ” It is my moral responsibility that whatever information, evidence I have and what all the people have said, I should bring it in front of the people so that they know the whole truth.
The Kashmir Files, which released across the cinema halls earlier this year, chronicled the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the 1990s. The film went on to become one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of the year. The film stars Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi. The film was displayed as part of the Indian Panorama section at IFFI.
Source: newstrack.com”