Anupam Kher Reacts To IFFI Jury Head’s “Propagandist & Vulgar Movie” Slur

New Delhi: The controversial film “The Kashmir Files,” which centres on the killings and exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley in 1990, was criticised by the jury of the 53rd International Film Festival in Goa. Israeli scriptwriter Nadav Lapid, who lead the IFFI jury, referred to the movie as “propaganda” and a “vulgar movie,” saying that “all of them” were “disturbed and shocked” to see it screened at the event.

“It seems to be a propagandist movie which is not appropriate for being enlisted in an artistic, competitive section of such a prestigious film festival,” Lapid said in his speech at the event.

Anupam Kher, an actor who played a significant role in “The Kashmir Files,” hit back at IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid for labelling the movie “propaganda, obscene” on Monday during the festival’s closing ceremony.

“No matter how tall the height of the falsehood is … It is always little in compared to the truth,” Kher tweeted with images from the movies Schindler’s List and The Kashmir Files attached.

झूट का क़द कितना भी ऊँचा क्यों ना हो..
सत्य के मुक़ाबले में हमेशा छोटा ही होता है.. pic.twitter.com/OfOiFgkKtD

— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) November 28, 2022

#WATCH | Anupam Kher speaks to ANI on Int'l Film Festival of India Jury Head remarks for 'Kashmir Files', "…If holocaust is right, the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits is right too. Seems pre-planned as immediately after that the toolkit gang became active. May God give him wisdom.." pic.twitter.com/cUQ1bqzFs7

— ANI (@ANI) November 29, 2022

Meanwhile, the makers of the movie chose not to respond to the jury chair’s comments on the film.

It is pertinent to mention that the film was a box office success, received accolades from the BJP, and was declared tax-free in most BJP-ruled states. The film also received acclaim from both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

However, a lot of people have criticised the movie, calling it a biased portrayal of events that are occasionally factually incorrect and asserting that the film has a “propagandist tone.”

The movie was banned in Singapore in May due to worries that it would potentially create animosity between people of different faiths.

Foreign media, according to Vivek Agnihotri, the director of the movie, is engaged in an “international political campaign” against him and his film.