Anupam Kher Slams IFFI Jury Head’s Critique of The Kashmir Files, Compares Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits to Holocaust

International Film Festival of India (IFFI) jury head, Nadav Lapid criticizes Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, Anupam Kher, who played a pivotal role in the film, shares his reaction. The actor compared the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, on which the film is based, to the Holocaust and said, “If the Holocaust is true, then the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits is also true.” Soon after the statement the ‘Toolkit Gang’ became active.

Anupam Kher further said, ‘It is shameful for him to make such a statement. The Jews are exterminated and he comes from that community.”

At the closing ceremony of the 53rd International Film Festival of India, Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, jury chief, criticized The Kashmir Files and said the film felt like a ‘propaganda, porn film’.

Lapid said, “We were all disturbed and shocked by The Kashmir Files, the 15th film. It struck us as a propaganda, pornographic film, inappropriate for the artistic competition section of such a prestigious film festival. Here on stage with you are those feelings. I feel completely comfortable sharing freely. Since the spirit of the celebration is also one of accepting critical discussion which is essential to art and life.”

Following his statement, his fellow jury member and filmmaker Sudipto Sen clarified on Twitter that this was Nadav’s personal opinion and that the jury board had nothing to do with it. He wrote on Twitter that as jury members, they do not engage in any kind of personal comment on any film and if they do, it is purely in their personal capacity and has nothing to do with the jury board. -Do not give.

Meanwhile, The Kashmir Files is directed by Vivek Agnihotri and stars Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Pallavi Joshi and Mithun Chakraborty among others.

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