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‘THE DELHI FILES’

Now, Vivek Agnihotri turns focus

to 1984 and Tamil Nadu

‘The Kashmir Files’ has shattered all box office records in the post-pandemic era,

becoming the first Hindi film to cross the Rs 250-crore mark

du-Sikh riots. It was the genocide by
OUR BUREAU
the Congress party and by the then
Mumbai Government of India against the
Sikhs.” “The people of Delhi stood
ilmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agni- with the Sikhs and saved them. Even
hotri on Sunday dropped de-
Ftails about his next project ‘The two Hindus were killed while saving
their friends from the Sikh communi-
Delhi Files’ and said that the movie ty. I am sure that this movie will not
is about the dark chapter of 1984 and divide the society but will bring the
also tells a lot about Tamil Nadu. community closer,” he added.
Vivek said, “The year 1984 is a
dark chapter in Indian history. The
way the entire Punjab terrorism sit- “I am hoping that this movie will
uation was handled, was inhuman. show how a political party exploit-
It was purely for vote bank politics
and that is why terrorism was culti- ed a community to get political
vated by the Congress party in Pun- gains. I can say, based on facts,
jab. First, they created it, then they
destroyed it, then they killed lots of The director of ‘The Kashmir Files’ Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and actress Pallavi Joshi (ANI) that the police were involved in
innocent people and then covered it killing the Sikhs. Everywhere in
up. To date, there has been no jus-
tice, what can be worse than that.” the capital city, the police were
He said that people will take a stand involved with those who were kill-
and seek justice if history is taught to
people and facts are told to them. ing,” Advocate Phoolka said.
“Delhi files will tell you lots of
truth about Tamil Nadu also. It’s not Meanwhile, Agnihotri’s block-
about Delhi; it just showed how Del- buster film ‘The Kashmir Files’ is
hi has been destroying ‘Bharat’ for so all set to extend its global footprint.
many years. Those who ruled Delhi The movie, which had hit theatres in
destroyed everything, right from Mu- India on March 11, will now release
ghal kings to the British to the mod- in Israel on April 28. On Wednesday,
ern times,” said the filmmaker. Vivek took to Twitter and shared the
Agnihotri said that in India, peo- update with his fans and followers.
ple write history based on their nar- “On huge demand, #TheKash-
rative or their political agenda while mirFiles is releasing in ISRAEL on
it should be evidence and fact-based. 28th April. I thank Consul General
“The political agenda of India mostly @KobbiShoshani for coming to our
has been the western secular agenda. studio to inaugurate the poster of
The great Hindu civilization is always TKF. It’s is a major step in sharing our
ignored and it is made to believe that coming goal of fighting terrorism and
we are weak people. Everything we Anupam Kher with Vivek Agnihotri and Pallavi Joshi (ANI) promoting humanity,” he tweeted.
have learned is from western rulers The hard-hitting drama revolves
or the invaders,” said the filmmaker. said, “It’s time for me to work on a this history should be talked about, around the genocide of Kashmiri Pan-
Vivek Agnihotri on April 15 an- new film.” to avoid any repetition of mistakes. dits in 1990. It features Anupam Kher,
nounced that he will soon start work- Harvinder Singh Phoolka, a Phoolka, who is well known for Pallavi Joshi, Mithun Chakraborty,
ing on his next project, ‘The Delhi senior advocate who represented spearheading the crusade to seek Darshan Kumaar, Puneet Is-
Files.’ victims’ families of the 1984 riots, justice in the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide sar, Mrinal Kulkarni and others.
‘The Kashmir Files’ filmmaker on Friday welcomed the decision of in New Delhi further alleged that ‘The Kashmir Files’ shattered all
took to his Twitter handle and ex- making a film ‘Delhi Files’ based on “the criticism of Congress leaders is box office records in the post-pan-
pressed gratitude to the people who this incident and said there’s is no absolutely having no basis because demic era, becoming the first Hindi
watched ‘The Kashmir Files’ and need to suppress history, adding that what happened in Delhi was not Hin- film to cross the Rs 250-crore mark.

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