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==Plot==
==Plot==
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The movie revolves around several violent events during the 1990's [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|Kashmir Insurgency]]. The movie begins in the turbulent period just before 1990, when the militants are spreading fear among the Kashmiri Hindu community with the slogans of "Raliv, Galiv ya Chaliv" which means "Convert, Leave or Die". They reach Pushkar Nath's house and shoot his son who is hiding in a rice container. Pushkar and his daughter-in-law Sharda beg for mercy. Militant commander Farooq Malik Bitta, a former student of Pushkar, forces Sharda to eat the blood soaked rice in exchange for their lives. A few years later, Sharda and her elder son, Shiva, are also killed.
The plot switch arounds in contemporary (2021) and flashbacks. In 1989-90 [[Kashmir Valley|Kashmir]], militants banishing [[Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits|Kashmiri Hindu Pandits]] from the valley using the slogan "[[Kashmiri language|Raliv Galiv ya Chaliv]]" ("convert, leave or die"). Militant commander Farooq Malik Bitta (Chinmay Mandlekar), a former student of Pushkar Nath (Anupam Kher), breached Pushkar Nath's house and shoot his son (Amaan Iqbaal) who is hiding in a rice container. Pushkar and his daughter-in-law Sharda (Bhasha Sumbli) pleaded for their lives. Bitta impels Sharda to eat the blood soaked rice in exchange for their lives.


Sharda's younger son Krishna is brought up by Pushkar. Krishna is told that his parents had died in an accident. A student at ANU, Krishna is under the influence of professor Radhika Menon who believes in the "Kashmir cause". Pushkar has four friends—civil servant Brahma Dutt, doctor Mahesh Kumar, police officer Hari Narain and journalist Vishnu Ram. All four of them served in Kashmir when Pushkar's son was killed. They recall the events of Kashmir from their memory which Brahma calls a "[[genocide]]."
In present day, Sharda's younger son Krishna (Darshan Kumar) is brought up by Pushkar. He believes that his parents had died in an accident. A student at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|ANU]], Krishna is under the influence of professor Radhika Menon (Pallavi Joshi) who believes in the "Kashmir cause". Pushkar has four friends—civil servant Brahma Dutt (Mithun Chakraborty), doctor Mahesh Kumar (Prakash Belawadi), police officer Hari Narain (Puneet Issar) and journalist Vishnu Ram (Atul Srivastava). All four of them served in Kashmir when Pushkar's son was killed. They recall the events of Kashmir from their memory which Brahma calls a "[[genocide]]."


Pushkar requests Brahma Dutt for his son's protection,{{Clarify|reason=Isn't the son already dead?|date=March 2022}} who was accused of being an Indian spy. Brahma travels with him to Kashmir, and sees the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. He takes up the issue with [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|J&K]]'s [[chief minister]] who suspends Brahma. When his son is shot, Pushkar requests Mahesh to save his son's life but his hospital is taken over by militants who forbid the hospital staff from treating non-Muslims. Vishnu takes Pushkar and his family to Kaul, a Hindu poet who maintains a cordial relationship with Muslims. Kaul takes in many Pandits into his home but a group of militants arrive to pick up him{{Who?|date=March 2022}} and his son in the guise of offering protection. The rest of them{{Who?|date=March 2022}} leave the place but are shocked to see their{{Whose?|date=March 2022}} dead bodies hanged on trees. The refugees{{Clarify|reason=what refugees?|date=March 2022}} settle in [[Jammu]], living on meagre ration and harmful conditions. Brahma is appointed as an advisor to the new Governor of J&K. On his request, the Home Minister visits the Jammu camps where Pushkar demands the removal of [[Article 370]] and the re-settlement of Kashmiri Pandits. Brahma manages to get Sharda a government job in Nandimarg in Kashmir, and the family moves there.
In flashback, Pushkar requests Brahma Dutt for his son's protection,{{Clarify|reason=Isn't the son already dead?|date=March 2022}} who was accused of being an Indian spy. Brahma travels with him to Kashmir, and sees the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. He takes up the issue with [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|J&K]]'s [[chief minister]] (Amit Behl) who suspends Brahma. When his son is shot, Pushkar requests Mahesh to save his son's life but his hospital is taken over by militants who forbid the hospital staff from treating non-Muslims. Vishnu takes Pushkar and his family to Kaul, a Hindu poet who maintains a cordial relationship with Muslims. Kaul takes in many Pandits into his home but a group of militants arrive to pick up him{{Who?|date=March 2022}} and his son in the guise of offering protection. The rest of them{{Who?|date=March 2022}} leave the place but are shocked to see their{{Whose?|date=March 2022}} dead bodies hanged on trees. The refugees{{Clarify|reason=what refugees?|date=March 2022}} settle in [[Jammu]], living on meagre ration and harmful conditions. Brahma is appointed as an advisor to the new Governor of J&K. On his request, the Home Minister visits the Jammu camps where Pushkar demands the removal of [[Article 370]] and the re-settlement of Kashmiri Pandits. Brahma manages to get Sharda a government job in Nandimarg in Kashmir, and the family moves there.


Back in the present, Krishna is contesting in ANU's student election. Following the advice of professor Radhika Menon, he targets{{Clarify|reason=What does "targets" mean? Targets for what?|date=March 2022}} the [[Government of India]] on the issue of Kashmir, much to the anger of Pushkar. Pushkar dies, and Krishna travels to the ancestral home in Kashmir to scatter the ashes per Pushkar's last wish. Menon asks Krishna to shoot some footage in Kashmir in order to expose the government. With the help of a contact of Menon's, Krishna meets Farooq.{{Clarify|reason=Which Farooq?|date=March 2022}} He accuses Farooq of being responsible for the situation of Pandits but Farooq declares himself to be a new-age [[Gandhi]] who is leading a non-violent democratic movement. Farooq claims that the [[Indian Army]] killed Krishna's mother and brother. When Krishna questions Brahma Dutt about the claim, Brahma hands him a collection of newspaper cuttings made by Pushkar which say that militants disguised as Indian Army soldiers killed them.
Back in the present, Krishna is contesting in ANU's student election. Following the advice of professor Radhika Menon, he targets{{Clarify|reason=What does "targets" mean? Targets for what?|date=March 2022}} the [[Government of India]] on the issue of Kashmir, much to the anger of Pushkar. Pushkar dies, and Krishna travels to the ancestral home in Kashmir to scatter the ashes per Pushkar's last wish. Menon asks Krishna to shoot some footage in Kashmir in order to expose the government. With the help of a contact of Menon's, Krishna meets Farooq.{{Clarify|reason=Which Farooq?|date=March 2022}} He accuses Farooq of being responsible for the situation of Pandits but Farooq declares himself to be a new-age [[Gandhi]] who is leading a non-violent democratic movement. Farooq claims that the [[Indian Army]] killed Krishna's mother and brother. When Krishna questions Brahma Dutt about the claim, Brahma hands him a collection of newspaper cuttings made by Pushkar which say that militants disguised as Indian Army soldiers killed them.


Some time after Pushkar's family settled in Nadimarg,{{Clarify|reason="Nadimarg" or "Nandimarg"?|date=March 2022}} a group of militants headed by Farooq dress up as Indian Army and round up the remaining Pandits there. Sharda resists when they get hold of Shiva. Angry Farooq strips her and saws her body in half. He lines up the remaining and shoots them into a mass grave. Pushkar is spared to spread the word of what happened.
In flashback, Pushkar's family settled in Nadimarg.{{Clarify|reason="Nadimarg" or "Nandimarg"?|date=March 2022}} A group of militants headed by Bitta dress up as Indian Army and round up the remaining Pandits there. Sharda resists when they get hold of Shiva. Angry Farooq strips her and saws her body in half. He lines up Shiva and the remaining and shoots them into a mass grave. Pushkar is spared to spread the word of what happened.


Krishna returns to [[Delhi]] and gives a long speech about the history of Kashmir, giving his perspective{{Clarify|reason=What is his perspective?|date=March 2022}} on the situation of Kashmiri Pandits. His speech is met with both resistance and support.{{From whom?|date=March 2022}}
In present, Krishna returns to [[Delhi]] and gives a scheduled speech for university presidential elections among roaring crowd of ANU campus. Elaborating on authentic history of Kashmir and plight of his family and other Kashmiri Hindu victims, he comprehended from his trip, a bolt from blue to his mentor and leftist Professor Menon and her students. He met with vicious resistance and ridicule from students and eventual brace by few.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

Revision as of 10:25, 16 March 2022

The Kashmir Files
The Kashmir Files
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVivek Agnihotri
Written byVivek Agnihotri
Saurabh M. Pandey
Starring
CinematographyUdaysingh Mohite
Edited byShankh Rajadhyaksha
Music byScore:
Rohit Sharma
Songs:
Swapnil Bandodkar
Production
companies
Zee Studios
Abhishek Agarwal Arts
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 11 March 2022 (2022-03-11)
Running time
170 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budgetest. ₹15 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹60.20 crore[3]

The Kashmir Files is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film,[1] written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Produced by Zee Studios,[5] the film is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits during the Kashmir Insurgency.[6] It stars Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi.[7] The film was declared tax-free in multiple states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party,[11] and became a box office success.[12][13] The performance of the cast has been described as compelling, particularly that of Kher's,[16] but the film has faced charges of historical revisionism,[21] and is considered to be propaganda aligned with the ruling party,[24] and aimed at fostering prejudice against Muslims.[25]

The film was set to release theatrically worldwide on 26 January 2022, coinciding with India's Republic Day,[26] but was postponed due to the Omicron variant spread,[27] and finally theatrically released on 11 March 2022.[28]

Plot

The plot switch arounds in contemporary (2021) and flashbacks. In 1989-90 Kashmir, militants banishing Kashmiri Hindu Pandits from the valley using the slogan "Raliv Galiv ya Chaliv" ("convert, leave or die"). Militant commander Farooq Malik Bitta (Chinmay Mandlekar), a former student of Pushkar Nath (Anupam Kher), breached Pushkar Nath's house and shoot his son (Amaan Iqbaal) who is hiding in a rice container. Pushkar and his daughter-in-law Sharda (Bhasha Sumbli) pleaded for their lives. Bitta impels Sharda to eat the blood soaked rice in exchange for their lives.

In present day, Sharda's younger son Krishna (Darshan Kumar) is brought up by Pushkar. He believes that his parents had died in an accident. A student at ANU, Krishna is under the influence of professor Radhika Menon (Pallavi Joshi) who believes in the "Kashmir cause". Pushkar has four friends—civil servant Brahma Dutt (Mithun Chakraborty), doctor Mahesh Kumar (Prakash Belawadi), police officer Hari Narain (Puneet Issar) and journalist Vishnu Ram (Atul Srivastava). All four of them served in Kashmir when Pushkar's son was killed. They recall the events of Kashmir from their memory which Brahma calls a "genocide."

In flashback, Pushkar requests Brahma Dutt for his son's protection,[clarification needed] who was accused of being an Indian spy. Brahma travels with him to Kashmir, and sees the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. He takes up the issue with J&K's chief minister (Amit Behl) who suspends Brahma. When his son is shot, Pushkar requests Mahesh to save his son's life but his hospital is taken over by militants who forbid the hospital staff from treating non-Muslims. Vishnu takes Pushkar and his family to Kaul, a Hindu poet who maintains a cordial relationship with Muslims. Kaul takes in many Pandits into his home but a group of militants arrive to pick up him[who?] and his son in the guise of offering protection. The rest of them[who?] leave the place but are shocked to see their[whose?] dead bodies hanged on trees. The refugees[clarification needed] settle in Jammu, living on meagre ration and harmful conditions. Brahma is appointed as an advisor to the new Governor of J&K. On his request, the Home Minister visits the Jammu camps where Pushkar demands the removal of Article 370 and the re-settlement of Kashmiri Pandits. Brahma manages to get Sharda a government job in Nandimarg in Kashmir, and the family moves there.

Back in the present, Krishna is contesting in ANU's student election. Following the advice of professor Radhika Menon, he targets[clarification needed] the Government of India on the issue of Kashmir, much to the anger of Pushkar. Pushkar dies, and Krishna travels to the ancestral home in Kashmir to scatter the ashes per Pushkar's last wish. Menon asks Krishna to shoot some footage in Kashmir in order to expose the government. With the help of a contact of Menon's, Krishna meets Farooq.[clarification needed] He accuses Farooq of being responsible for the situation of Pandits but Farooq declares himself to be a new-age Gandhi who is leading a non-violent democratic movement. Farooq claims that the Indian Army killed Krishna's mother and brother. When Krishna questions Brahma Dutt about the claim, Brahma hands him a collection of newspaper cuttings made by Pushkar which say that militants disguised as Indian Army soldiers killed them.

In flashback, Pushkar's family settled in Nadimarg.[clarification needed] A group of militants headed by Bitta dress up as Indian Army and round up the remaining Pandits there. Sharda resists when they get hold of Shiva. Angry Farooq strips her and saws her body in half. He lines up Shiva and the remaining and shoots them into a mass grave. Pushkar is spared to spread the word of what happened.

In present, Krishna returns to Delhi and gives a scheduled speech for university presidential elections among roaring crowd of ANU campus. Elaborating on authentic history of Kashmir and plight of his family and other Kashmiri Hindu victims, he comprehended from his trip, a bolt from blue to his mentor and leftist Professor Menon and her students. He met with vicious resistance and ridicule from students and eventual brace by few.

Cast

Theme

The film's producer Vivek Agnihotri claims the film to be depiction of the "truth of Kashmir".[29] Its key message is that what is known as the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits is actually a "genocide".[19]

The film is seen depicting the Jawaharlal Nehru University as an anti-national, terror-friendly institution.[29] The Article 370 of the Constitution that granted a nominally autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir, is named as one of the reasons for the displacement of the Kashmiri Pandits.[29] Blame is also attached to the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah, the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, and the Kashmiri-origin central home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (while the serving prime minister V. P. Singh and the Bharatiya Janata Party that supported his government are absolved of responsibility).[29][18] The central character Krishna Pandit is shown as turning against the present day prime minister Narendra Modi due to the influence of terrorists.[29] The former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is also subtly derided for attempting to win the hearts of Kashmiris.[18]

The film focuses exclusively on the killings of Kashmiri Hindus in 1990 and afterwards whereas Kashmiri Muslims were also killed during the insurgency (in greater numbers in fact).[30][a] Film faced charges of historical revisionism and unnuanced storytelling, in what many deem a ploy to foster prejudice against Muslims.[35][36]The exclusive focus on violence of Muslims on Hindus is seen to be promoting Islamophobia.[29][37][34]

A Kashmiri terrorist named Farooq Malik Bitta is depicted in the movie, fashioned after Farooq Ahmed Dar ("Bitta Karate") and Yasin Malik rolled into one. But he is also shown as being involved in the 2003 Nadimarg massacre, which was not Dar's doing. Krishna's mother, fashioned after Mrs. Ganjoo, is shown to have been killed in this massacre, which was not the case in real life.[29][38] Neither are the facts of Bitta Karate's conviction and long years of incarceration mentioned.[18]

Production

On 14 August 2019, Agnihotri announced the film with its first look poster. The subject of the film was the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits that took place between the late 80s and early 90s.[39][40] As a part of production, Vivek Agnihotri claimed to have interviewed more than 700 emigrants from the exodus and recorded their stories over a period of two years [41] Actor Anupam Kher joined the cast as the lead actor of the film in May 2020. The first schedule of the film was called off due the coronavirus outbreak.[42] Yograj Singh was removed for his speeches at the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest,[43] and Puneet Issar was brought in as replacement.[44] A line producer, Sarahna died during the production by committing suicide.[45]

Critical reception

Kher's performance in The Kashmir Files was generally praised by the film critics.[46][15]

Stutee Ghosh of The Quint rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and found the film to have made a compelling case for Kashmiri pandits and their "hitherto unaddressed wounds" but wished for more nuance; the cinematography esp. color palette, Anupam Kher's acting, and realist depictions were praised in particular.[14] Likewise, Jagadish Angadi of Deccan Herald was effusive in his praise — Agnihotri's use of non-linear narratives and strong dialogues, enviable background research, and strong individual performances produced an "intense watch".[47] Avinash Lohana of Pinkvilla scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars, praising the cast performances—particularly that of Kher's—and behind-the-scenes research but criticized the lack of balance.[48]

Shubhra Gupta, reviewing for The Indian Express gave the film a 1.5 out of 5 stars; uninterested in nuance, the film was held to be a work of propaganda aligned with the ruling party's discourse that only aimed to stoke the "deep-seated anger" of pandits but it did tap into the grief of a displaced community and Kher's performance was commendable.[22] Anuj Kumar reviewing for The Hindu described the film as disturbing; a work of historical revisionism, created with "some facts, some half-truths, and plenty of distortions" and coupled with compelling performances and brutally intense visualisations, aimed at inciting hatred against Muslims.[18]

Rahul Desai, reviewing for Film Companion, found the work to be a "fantasy-revisionist" rant lacking in clarity, craft, and sense where every Muslim was a Nazi and every Hindu, a Jew; with an unconvincing screenplay and weak characters, it was propaganda that strove only to tune in with the Hindu nationalist mood of the nation rather than offer genuine empathy to the displaced victims.[20] Rohit Bhatnagar of The Free Press Journal found the screenplay as well as individual performances to be sloppy, thus failing to "translate the grief on the big canvas" and make any mark; however, he admired the effort that went behind the film and rated 2.5 out of 5 stars.[49] Shilajit Mitra of The New Indian Express panned the film with a rating of 1 out of 5 stars and castigated Agnihotri for exploiting the suffering of Kashmiri pandits by doing away with all nuance in service of a "communal agenda".[19]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attacked movie critics in response to negative reviews, claiming that there is a great conspiracy to discredit the film, which according to him "reveals the truth".[50]

Release and box office

The Kashmir Files was released in over 630 screens in India on 11 March 2022.[51] It has been declared tax-free in Bharatiya Janata Party-led states of Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, with an urge for "everyone to watch the movie".[52][8] The film earned ₹3.55 crore, ₹8.50 crore[3] and ₹15.10 crore at the domestic box office respectively on its first three days, taking its opening weekend collection to ₹27.15 crore.[3] After the response from the first two days, the shows were increased to 2,000 on 13 March 2022.[53]

The Kashmir Files emerged as a box-office hit within its first two days of release.[54] As of 15 March 2022, the film has collected ₹60.20 crore at the domestic box office.[3] Additionally, the film earned an estimated amount of ₹5 crore at the overseas markets in its opening weekend.[55]

Litigation

A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by an Uttar Pradesh resident[56] which sought a stay on the film's release on grounds that the film may portray the Muslims as killers of the Kashmiri pandits, presenting what it described as a one sided view that would hurt the sentiments of Muslims and could trigger violence against Muslims.[57] The PIL was dismissed by a Bombay High Court on technical grounds.[57]

Another lawsuit was filed by the widow of an Indian Armed Forces squadron leader who died during the Kashmir Insurgency. The widow's lawsuit said that the film portrayed a false depiction of events vis-a-vis the husband and sought a stay on its release. Accordingly, the court restrained the makers from showing relevant scenes.[58]

Notes

  1. ^ According to the Indian Home Ministry's internal data, 1,583 Hindu civilians were killed in the conflict between 1988 and 2005, while the Muslim civilians killed in the same period numbered 12,245.[31]

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