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2022 Indian film
The Kashmir Files
The Kashmir FilesTheatrical release poster
Directed byVivek Agnihotri
Written byVivek Agnihotri
Saurabh M Pandey
Starring
CinematographyUdaysingh Mohite
Edited byShankh Rajadhyaksha
Music byScore:
Rohit Sharma
Songs:
Swapnil Bandodkar
Production
companies		Zee Studios
Abhishek Agarwal Arts
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 11 March 2022 (2022-03-11)
Running time170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹12.05 crore

The Kashmir Files is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Produced by Zee Studios, the film is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits during the Kashmir Insurgency. It stars Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi. Reviews were mixed; positive ones praised Kher's performance, while the negative ones described the film to be propagandistic.

The film was initially set to release theatrically worldwide on 26 January 2022, coinciding with India's Republic Day, but was postponed due to the Omicron variant spread, and finally theatrically released on 11 March 2022. The film faced two legal cases before its release, one of which led to a court order restraining certain scenes. It was declared tax-free in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat.

Plot

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The movie revolves around the journey of a young student Krishna (Darshan Kumar), who goes from being brainwashed by professor Radhika Menon (Pallavi Joshi) to finally learning about what's presented as the true events of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits.

Cast

Production

On 14 August 2019, Agnihotri announced the film with its first look poster saying, "the film will be an honest investigation into one of the biggest human tragedies". Director Vivek Agnihotri completed the script, stationed at an undisclosed location in the Himalayas. The subject of the film was the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits that took place between the late 80s and early 90s. As a part of production, Vivek Agnihotri claimed to have interviewed more than 700 emigrants from the exodus and recorded their stories over a period of two years Actor Anupam Kher joined the cast as the lead actor of the film in May 2020. The first schedule of the film was called off due the coronavirus outbreak. Later Agnihotri removed actor Yograj Singh for making speeches at the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest, and brought in Puneet Issar as replacement. Mithun Chakraborty fell ill due to stomach infection during second schedule, but completed his portion few hours later. A line producer, Sarahna died during the production by committing suicide. During the final phase of shooting, director Agnihotri fractured his leg on the set.

Critical reception

The Kashmir Files has received mixed reviews from the film critics.

Kher's performance in The Kashmir Files was generally praised by the film critics.

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a 1.5 out of 5 stars, and wrote that the film is uninterested in nuance and instead acts a sledgehammer with its presentation of "gory killings and lynchings". Describing it as a propagandist film aligned with the ruling party's discourse, the review states that "it does manage to tap into the grief of the displaced Pandits". Chaiti Narula of India Today awarded the film 4 of out of 5 stars, describing it as "cinematic brilliance" and an "eye opener", praising the performance of the cast as having done "justice to the script given to them" and stating that it "shows you true, real facts on how, despite this subjugation and bloodshed, the Kashmiri Pandits did not pick up arms".

Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal gave the film a 2.5 out of 5, describing the effort as commendable but the screenplay and acting to be sloppy, and wrote that it "fails to translate the grief on the big canvas". Shilajit Mitra of The New Indian Express gave the film a 1 out of 5 stars and wrote that it exploits the suffering of the Kashmiri Pandits for cheap rhetoric in a brazen propaganda film which is at its most excited when targeting intellectuals and journalists. Stutee Ghosh of The Quint rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote that the film makes a compelling case for the Kashmiri Pandits, praising Anupam Kher's effort but with the caveat that "more nuance in writing would have added depth as the binaries drawn try to oversimplify a rather complex issue". Avinash Lohana of Pinkvilla scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars, praising the performances of the cast, particularly that of Kher's but admitted that while the film manages to highlight the grievances of the Kashmiri Pandits, it lacks another point of view.

Jagadish Angadi of Deccan Herald wrote, "Anupam Kher is brilliant in this heart-wrenching story; Violence inflicted on innocent lives, brutality, massacre, elusive peace, human rights and political agenda, ideologies at conflict make the movie more contemplative". Monika Rawal Kukreja of Hindustan Times described The Kashmir Files as a "gut-wrenching film that's brazen and brutal" and called Kher the "soul" of the film.

Release and box office

The film has been declared tax-free in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat. The Kashmir Files was released in over 630 screens in India on 11 March 2022. The film earned ₹3.55 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day. On its second day, the film showed a growth of 139.44% and earned ₹8.50 crore, taking its total domestic box office collection to ₹12.05 crore. After the successful opening, the screens were increased to 2000 on 13 March 2022 and a weekend target of ₹24 crore set.

Litigation

The film was the subject of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an Uttar Pradesh resident, and a lawsuit filed by the widow of an Indian Armed Forces squadron leader who had died during the Kashmir Insurgency about one scene involving her husband. The PIL had sought a stay on its release on grounds that it would depict Muslims as killing the Kashmiri Pandits, presenting what it described as a one sided view that would hurt the sentiments of Muslims and could trigger violence against Muslims by inflaming the Hindu community. The PIL was dismissed by a Bombay High Court bench consisting of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnii on 8 March, on grounds that the filer should have challenged the certificate issued by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

Concurrently, the second lawsuit was filed after the widow had seen the film in a special premiere on 4 March who had objected to scenes depicting her husband. The widow stated that she had initially raised her objections at the premiere but the makers ignored her which is why she filed the lawsuit. The widow's lawsuit also said that the film portrayed a false depiction of events and sought a stay on its release. The lawsuit received a favourable judgement and the film's release was stayed by a court order on 10 March, a day before its scheduled release. The order was a permanent prohibitory injunction, which reiterated the plaintiff's claim that the film's depiction of her deceased husband was "entirely unrelated and non-identical to the actual facts" and required deletion or amendment of certain scenes before it could be released.

References

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