Every other film exploring the plight of Kashmiri Pandits usually tells its story through a political lens, thus making broad ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sweta Kaushal writes about Bollywood and Indian films. Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, that recently surprised film scholars ...
Earlier this year, “The Kashmir Files”—a blood-soaked historical drama with a nearly three-hour run time—became the top-grossing Hindi film since the start of the pandemic. The contested region of ...
Indian film, The Kashmir Files has emerged as the most successful Hindi film this year at the domestic ticket windows. Directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, the film revolves around the genocide and ...
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Called propaganda by critics and essential viewing by fans, “The Kashmir Files,” an unexpected blockbuster, has drawn the support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. By Suhasini ...
The trailer for The Maharashtra Files frames a highway project around a bitter land acquisition battle. It places corruption, ...
Israeli director Nadav Lapid surprised audiences during his speech at the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa by criticizing the festival for including ...
INSIDE CINEMAS, “The Kashmir Files” starts with a disclaimer: “This film... does not claim accurateness or factuality of historic events.” Outside the cinema, in contrast, the relentlessly violent ...
“If you don’t leave from here, we will burn your houses,” a bearded Muslim man in a traditional skullcap cries as he rallies against Kashmir’s minority Hindus. The packed mosque erupts in rapturous ...
The filmmaker, Nadav Lapid, criticized “The Kashmir Files,” a Hindi-language film that depicts a violent chapter in the restive region of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. By Emily Schmall and ...
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