Vivek Agnihotri directed The Kashmir Files was a big hit at the box-office and it starred some big names of the Indian cinema such as Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, etc.
The movie showed the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley and the atrocities that they went through in the 90s. The Kashmir Files was slammed by many who alleged that it spread hatred in the society and it was a propaganda movie.
The renowned moviemaker Tigmanshu Dhulia recently gave an interview in which he shed his opinion on The Kashmir File and this is what he stated, “Uss tarha ki filmein? Woh toh bekaar picture hoti hain, kaun dekhta hai unhe, chalti bhi nahi hain (Those films are terrible. Who even watches them)? Sirf wahi chali thi, kya naam tha uska, Kashmir Files. Main inki baat hi nahi karta, bekaar picturein hain sab.” (I don’t even talk about these films, they’re all terrible).
He further said, “We see directors using their political ideologies as propaganda in their cinema. This is a wide-ranging topic. In India, the sort of films that are being made to promote the kind of politics that we see around us, are aesthetically terrible. Bekaar hain, dekhne mein pata chalta hai. They’re badly made films, first of all. Ideologies aside.”
While comparing Indian and Western propaganda movies, Dhulia said that the Western movies are artistic but the Indian movies are badly made. In his words, “Indian propaganda films aren’t as well made, because they’re made with the wrong intentions. Paisa kamana hai yaar” (They all want to make money).
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