"Shameful," says Anupam Kher reacting to remarks on `The Kashmir Files` at IFFI
Veteran actor Anupam Kher of the `The Kashmir Files` fame on Tuesday said it is “shameful” on the part of IFFI (International Film Festival of India) jury head Nadav Lapid to term the film “propaganda, vulgar” at the festival`s closing ceremony.
During the closing ceremony of the IFFI on On November 28 Lapid termed `The Kashmir Files` a “propaganda, vulgar film”, adding that he was “shocked” to see the film in the competition section of such a prestigious film festival.
“If the holocaust was right then the exodus of Kashmiri pandits is also right. This seems pre-planned because immediately after it the tool-kit gang became active. It`s shameful for him to make a statement like this even though he comes from a community of Jews who suffered from the holocaust,” Kher told ANI on Tuesday.
“So by making a statement like this, he has also pained those people who suffered this tragedy. I would just say may god give him wisdom so that he doesn`t use the tragedy of thousands of people to fulfill his aim on stage,” he added.
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Referring to Lapid`s remarks, Anupam Kher also tweeted, “No matter how high the height of the lie is.. It is always small in comparison to the truth.” The veteran actor attached pictures from `The Kashmir Files` and Steven Spielberg`s film `Schindler`s List` with his tweet.
When ANI contacted festival organisers on the jury head`s statements over the `Kashmir Files`, they declined to comment.
Released earlier this year, the `The Kashmir Files` was listed in the line-up for IFFI`s Indian Panorama segment for the year 2022. The film is based on the life of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990, during the Kashmir insurgency. It is a true story, based on video interviews of the first generation.
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