The Kashmir Files has been at the centre of controversy ever since its release in March 2022. Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, the movie is based on stories of what Kashmiri Pandits faced in the early 1990s when the insurgency peaked in Jammu and Kashmir. While the movie was a commercial success, there were calls to ban the film for “attempting to recast established history and propagating Islamophobia”.
Agnihotri’s film triggered a controversy with two opposing narratives that emerged around it. One called it a true account of the atrocities committed on Pandits, while the other account labbled the labeled the film a “propaganda” production that fans anti-Muslim sentiment.
The film’s director claimed to have interviewed more than 700 emigrants from the Kashmiri Pandit exodus and said that the had recorded their stories over a period of two years for the movie.
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