The Kashmir Files is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language docudrama written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The film tracks the tragic exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from their homeland in the 1990s.
It's a true story, based on video interviews of the first generation victims of The Kashmir Genocide of Kashmiri Pandit Community. It's a heart-wrenching narrative of the pain, suffering, struggle and trauma of Kashmiri pandits and questions eye-opening facts about democracy, religion, politics and humanity.
The movie has been made on a budget of Rs 20 crore and has earned more than 45 Crores in just 4 days. Despite limited promotions and minimal marketing, the film is growing by positive word of mouth and is on its way to become an all time blockbuster.
What happened on the dreadful night of Jan 19, 1990
The night witnessed macabre happenings, the like of which had not been witnessed by Kashmiri Pandits The Valley was reverberating with the war-cries of Islamists, who were shouting threatening slogans.
"Zalimo, O Kafiro, Kashmir harmara chod do".
(O! Merciless, O! Kafirs leave our Kashmir)
"Kashmir mein agar rehna hai, Allah-ho-Akbar kahna hoga"
(Any one wanting to live in Kashmir will have to convert to Islam)
These slogans were mixed with precise and unambiguous threats to Pandits. They were presented with three choices - Ralive, Tsaliv ya Galive (convert to Islam, leave the place or perish.)
Tens of thousands of Kashmiri Muslims poured into the streets of the Valley, shouting 'death to India' and death to kafirs.
Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits phoned everyone in authority at Jammu, Srinagar and Delhi, to save them from the sure catastrophe that awaited them. The pleadings for help were incessant. But not a soldier came to their rescue.
Read more at: http://www.indiandefencereview.com/news/kashmiri-pandits-offered-three-choices-by-radical-islamists/
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The film is backed by heart wrenching performance by Anupam Kher who is the soul of the film.
Mithun Chakraborty plays the role of an IAS officer of that era who had seen the Government apathy. "Not exodus, it was genocide!" as he talks about the unfortunate and shocking event.
Pallavi Joshi, Puneet Isaar and Darshan Kumar as the JNU student, are excellent.
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Director, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri deserves a standing ovation for his extensive research and presenting the facts as and how they were and not dramatizing the actual events. The film is making waves internationally too and will surely win many awards for its fearless narrative.
