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‘The Kashmir Files’ smashes

box-office records, wins hearts and minds

Actor and producer Pallavi Joshi quashes rumours doing rounds on the internet claiming

that their film contains some fictional content

Director of ‘The Kashmir Files’ Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and actress Pallavi Joshi during a press Members of Brahmins Community arrive to watch “The Kashmir Files” at Cinemax theatre in
conference in Lucknow on Sunday. (ANI Photo) Surat on Wednesday. (ANI Photo)

OuR BuREAu Pallavi Joshi quashed rumours doing something wrong in the film, then on such a topic must be seen by all
rounds on the internet claiming their you can come and see all the 4,000 Indians).”
Mumbai
recently released film ‘The Kashmir hours of research that we have on He added, “This film has touched
ivek Agnihotri’s latest direc- Files’ contains some fictional con- our videos.” the emotions of all people who be-
torial venture, ‘The Kashmir tent. At a press conference held in ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie re- lieve in humanity and that is what is
VFiles’, is unstoppable at the Lucknow city, Uttar Pradesh on Sun- volves around the genocide of Kash- so beautiful about it. I will definitely
box office. The film, featuring An- day, the team was asked if the reports miri Pandits in 1990 and has been watch the film and I am happy to see
upam Kher in the lead, registered a of the movie containing fictional con- directed by Vivek Agnihotri, known that the film is successful.”
strong second weekend, crossing the tent were true. for films like ‘Tashkent Files’, ‘Hate Also, Jammu and Kashmir Lieu-
Rs 150 crore mark. Indian film crit- Film producer Pallavi Joshi who Story’ and ‘Buddha in a Traffic Jam’. tenant Governor Manoj Sinha on
ic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh has also played Professor Radhika Meanwhile, actor Aamir Khan Tuesday said The Kashmir Files de-
shared the movie’s box office collec- Menon--the believer in the ‘Kashmir has become the latest celebrity to picts “several things that people did
tion on his Twitter handle. Cause’ in the movie, rubbished the come out in support of filmmaker not know” which have now come to
The film, which has been shatter- rumours and revealed that she and Vivek Agnihotri’s latest film ‘The the public domain.
ing box office records, collected Rs her husband Vivek Agnihotri spent Kashmir Files’, which revolves “If someone makes a film, they
3.55 crore on its opening day. It wit- about four years doing the research around the genocide of Kashmiri have a perspective. I think it is good
nessed an increase in numbers on the work for the movie. Pandits in 1990. that several things, which people
first Saturday, earning Rs 8.50 crore. “We went across the world, USA, On Sunday, Aamir visited the didn’t know, have come to the public
The movie registered even higher fig- UK, Germany, Singapore, Jammu national capital to attend a fan event domain and people now have fresh
ures on its first Sunday and Monday, and Kashmir, Pune, Thailand, Delhi, for the SS Rajamouli directorial knowledge of the same,” Manoj
minting Rs 15.10 crore and Rs 15.05 wherever we could find the first fam- ‘RRR’. On being asked by the me- Sinha said.
crore, respectively. ily of the victim, whose father was dia if he had watched ‘The Kashmir Speaking about the PM’s ap-
The hard-hitting drama, which murdered, whose mother was raped, Files’, Aamir said in Hindi, “Ji za- proval of the film, the Governor said,
revolves around the genocide of the children who saw their parents roor dekhunga main...Wo ek history “I think the PM thought well of it.
Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, stars being murdered in front of their ka aisa hissa hain jo dil dukta hain Someone might have a different opin-
Anupam, Pallavi Joshi, Mithun eyes.. We have met those people,” usme...jo Kashmiri Pandits k sath ion, if someone wants to make a dif-
Chakraborty, Darshan Kumaar, Joshi said during the media interac- hua hain, wo dukh ka baat hain...aur ferent film, then they have the right to
Puneet Issar, Mrinal Kulkarni and tion. aise film jo bani hain uss topic pe woh do it. Where else will you find a coun-
others. The film has been declared She added, “We shot their long yakennan har Hindustandi ko dekh- try better than this where you can re-
tax-free in several states including format video interviews and we have na chaiye (Yes, I will definitely see. side by saying whatever you want?”
Uttar Pradesh, Tripura, Goa, Hary- those videos that too will bring in The story is a part of our history and His remarks came after PM
ana and Uttarakhand. front of people... So if there’s any- whatever happened with the Kash- Modi expressed his support for the
Meanwhile, actor and producer body who is accusing me that I have miri Pandits was really sad. Any film film and called it a “very good movie”.

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