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The Kashmir Files movie is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by Zee Studios. Written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri,the film presents a fictional storyline, which depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits during the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir as a genocide.
The Kashmir Files movie Starring Darshan Kumar, Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi and Mithun Chakraborty, its plot switches between 2020 and flashbacks to 1989–1990, following a college student’s journey from being brainwashed by his professor to uncovering what’s shown as the truth about the exodus. Theatrically released on 11 March 2022, the film has been endorsed, promoted and granted tax-free status in multiple states by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, leading to significant audiences and commercial success.
The Kashmir Files movie The critical reception was mixed; the cinematography and the performances of the cast have been described as compelling, but the film has faced accusations of historical revisionism, and of carrying propaganda aligned with the ruling party, aiming to foster prejudice against Muslims. Supporters have praised the film for showing what they say is an often-overlooked part of Kashmir’s human rights history, while theatres across India have witnessed hate speech including calls for killing Muslims, incited by activists of the ruling party and related Hindutva organisations.
The Kashmir Files movie cast
| Directed by | Vivek Agnihotri |
|---|---|
| Written by | Vivek Agnihotri, Saurabh M. Pandey |
| Produced by | Tej Narayan Agarwal, Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi, Vivek Agnihotri |
| Starring | Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Pallavi Joshi, Chinmay Mandlekar, Prakash Belawadi, Puneet Issar |
| Cinematography | Udaysingh Mohite |
| Edited by | Shankh Rajadhyaksha |
| Music by | Score:Rohit Sharma Songs:Swapnil Bandodkar |
| Production companies |
Zee Studios, Abhishek Agarwal Arts |
| Distributed by | Zee Studios |
| Release date | 11 March 2022 |
| Running time | 170 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | est. ₹15 crore |
| Box office | est. ₹303.27 crore |
The Kashmir Files movie official trailer can watch online
The Kashmir Files | Official Trailer I Anupam I Mithun I Darshan I Pallavi I Vivek I 11 March 2022
The Kashmir Files movie Character
- Mithun Chakraborty as IAS Brahma Dutt
- Anupam Kher as Pushkar Nath Pandit
- Darshan Kumar as Krishna Pandit
- Pallavi Joshi as Radhika Menon
- Chinmay Mandlekar as Farooq Malik Bitta
- Prakash Belawadi as Dr. Mahesh Kumar
- Puneet Issar as DGP Hari Narain
- Bhasha Sumbli as Sharda Pandit
- Sourav Verma as Afzal
- Mrinal Kulkarni as Laxmi Dutt
- Atul Srivastava as Journalist Vishnu Ram
- Prithviraj Sarnaik as Shiva Pandit
- Amaan Iqbal as Karan Pandit
The Kashmir Files movie Plot
The plot frequently switches between the contemporary period set in the year 2020 and flashbacks to 1989–1990 throughout the film.
Circa 1989–1990
In 1989–90 Kashmir, Islamic militants storm and banish Kashmiri Hindu Pandits from the Kashmir valley using the slogans Raliv Galiv ya Chaliv (“convert (to Islam), leave or die”) and Mustafa Batte Safa (“with god’s grace whole Kashmiri Pandit community will leave valley”). Pushkar Nath Pandit, a teacher, fears for the safety of his son Karan, who has been accused by the militants of being an Indian spy. Pushkar requests his friend Brahma Dutt, a civil servant, for Karan’s protection. Brahma travels with Pushkar to Kashmir and witnesses the violence against Kashmiri Pandits. He takes up the issue with the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), who suspends Brahma.
Militant commander Farooq Malik Bitta, also a former student of Pushkar, breaches Pushkar Nath’s house. Karan hides in a rice container but is found and shot by Bitta. Pushkar and his daughter-in-law Sharda plead for their lives. Bitta compels Sharda to eat rice soaked in Karan’s blood in exchange for their lives. After Bitta and his gang leave the house, Pushkar takes Karan to the hospital and requests his doctor friend Mahesh Kumar to save Karan’s life. However, the hospital gets taken over by militants, who forbid the hospital staff from treating non-Muslims. Subsequently, Karan succumbs to injuries from the gunshots.
To ensure their safety, Pushkar and his family are taken by their journalist friend Vishnu Ram 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 arrives to pick Kaul and his son up under the guise of offering protection. The rest of the Pandits leave the place but are later shocked to find corpses of Kaul and his son hanging from trees.
The refugee Pandits from the Kashmir valley settle in Jammu and live on meagre ration and in poor conditions. Brahma is appointed as an advisor to the new Governor of J&K. At his request, the Home Minister visits the Jammu camps where Pushkar demands the removal of Article 370 and the resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits. Brahma manages to get Sharda a government job in Nadimarg in Kashmir, and the family moves there.
One day a group of militants headed by Bitta dress up as members of the Indian Army and arrive at Nadimarg. They start rounding up the Pandits living there. Sharda resists when the militants get hold of her elder son Shiva. Angry Farooq strips her and saws her body in half. He lines up Shiva and the remaining Pandits and shoots them into a mass grave. Pushkar is spared to spread the word about what happened.
2020
In the present day, Sharda’s younger son Krishna is brought up by Pushkar. He believes that his parents had died in an accident. A student of ANU, Krishna is under the influence of professor Radhika Menon who is a supporter of Kashmiri separatism. Pushkar’s friends Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, and police officer Hari Narain, who had served in Kashmir when Karan was killed, recall the events of Kashmir from their memory that Brahma calls a “genocide”.
Krishna contests the ANU’s student election. Following the advice of professor Radhika Menon, he holds the Government of India responsible for the issue of Kashmir, much to the anger of Pushkar. Later, when Pushkar dies, Krishna travels to his ancestral home in Kashmir to scatter the ashes per Pushkar’s last wish. Menon asks Krishna to record some footage in Kashmir to expose the government’s supposed atrocities. With the help of one of Menon’s contacts, Krishna meets Bitta and accuses him of being responsible for the situation of the Pandits. But Bitta declares himself to be a new-age Gandhi who is leading a non-violent democratic movement. Bitta claims that it was the Indian Army, who killed Krishna’s mother and brother. When Krishna questions Brahma about this claim, Brahma hands him newspaper cuttings (collected by Pushkar), which had reported that militants disguised as Indian Army soldiers killed them.
Krishna returns to Delhi and gives his scheduled speech for the university presidential elections to a roaring crowd at the ANU campus. He elaborates on the history of Kashmir and the plight of his family and other Kashmiri Hindu victims that he perceived from his trip. This is shocking to his mentor Professor Menon and her other students. Krishna is then met with resistance and ridicule from students and an eventual embrace by a few.
The Kashmir Files movie Release date
The Kashmir Files movie Theatrical release
The Kashmir Files movie was set to release theatrically worldwide on 26 January 2022, coinciding with India’s Republic Day, but was postponed due to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It was initially released in over 630 screens in India on 11 March 2022 and was later increased to 4,000 screens.
The Kashmir Files movie International release
The Kashmir Files movie received an R16 classification from the New Zealand Classification Office, with a scheduled release date of 24 March 2022. British and Australian censors have given the film an R18 and 18+ plus rating respectively.
In New Zealand, members of the Muslim community raised concerns with chief censor David Shanks that the film could promote Islamophobia, citing intercommunal tensions relating to the film’s release in India. Shanks stated that the film’s R16 classification did not mean that the film was being banned. In response to the film’s R16 classification in New Zealand, former Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters claimed that the film’s age restricted classification amounted to censorship of terrorist actions during the 9/11 attacks and the Christchurch mosque shootings. He added that efforts towards combating Islamophobia should not be use to “shield the actions of terrorists in the name of Islam.” In addition, a Change.org petition was organized defending the film’s authenticity and disputing claims of Islamophobia. Several representatives of the Indian community rejected the depictions and called for the release of the film. In addition, former National Party Member of Parliament Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi and ACT party leader David Seymour also called for the film’s release.
On 26 March, the NZ Classification Office raised the film’s rating to R18, with Chief Censor Shanks citing “the nature and intensity of the violence and cruelty depicted.” Shanks stated that the age restriction was consistent with film ratings in Australia and India. However, he conceded that the film did not promote extremism or violence in a way that would be classified as “objectionable” in New Zealand.
The Kashmir Files: Here’s Where You Can Watch The Film On OTT
According to a report in FilmiBeat, the movie’s digital rights are owned by OTT giant ZEE5. The movie, which is currently running successfully in theatres currently, will start streaming on the OTT platform from the last week of April.
The Kashmir Files movie IMDb RATING
8.3/10
The Kashmir Files movie Box office
The Kashmir Files opened to box office with an earnings of ₹35.5 million (US$470,000), ₹85 million (US$1.1 million) and ₹151 million (US$2.0 million) in India respectively on its first three days, taking its opening weekend collection to ₹271.5 million (US$3.6 million) and an estimated ₹50 million (US$660,000) in India and overseas respectively. After the response from the first two days, the screens were increased to 2,000 on 13 March 2021. With a collections growth of 323% on its first Monday compared to the release day, the film broke the record for the highest increase in collections for an Indian film on its first Monday. At the end of the first week, the film earned ₹973 million (US$13 million) at the Indian box office. After the response from the first week, the screens were increased to 4,000 on 18 March 2021.
The film emerged as a box-office success within its first two days of release. As of 26 March 2022, the film grossed ₹2,608.1 million (US$34 million) in India and ₹279.4 million (US$3.7 million) overseas, for a worldwide gross collection of ₹2,887.5 million (US$38 million).
- Budget
- ₹200,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,485,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,485,000
- Mar 20, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $24,510,593
