Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has finally broken his silence on the recent comments for The Kashmir Files by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid. In a new video shared on his social media, Vivek said he would stop making movies if anyone could prove that whatever he showed in his film was not true. At the closing ceremony of International Film Festival of India on Monday, jury chief Nadav Lapid had described The Kashmir Files as “propaganda movie” and “vulgar”. Since then, many officials, politicians and diplomats from India and Israel have condemned his words, asked for apology and even files complaints against him.
Now, in a new video shared on his social media, Vivek has addressed the controversy. “This is nothing new for me. Because such things are often said by terrorist organisations, urban naxals and by those who wants to divide the country. What is shocking to me is that narrative supported by those who wish to separate Kashmir from India were voiced at the stage of an event organised by the government on India. And a few who live India used it against the country. Who are these people,” Vivek asked before answering his own question.
He said that these are the same people who have been objecting to his film since four years ago when he began researching on the subject. The Kashmir Files portrays the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir following the killings of people from the community by terrorists. The much discussed film, which polarised opinions following its March 11 release, is one of the most successful Hindi films of the year.
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