Recently, a video of IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid went viral for calling The Kashmir Files ‘propaganda, vulgar’. The controversial remarks did not go down well with actor Anupam Kher and the rest of the film crew.
According to ANI, a PR team of one of the members of the festival clarified that the derogatory remarks were made at the closing ceremony.
‘All Of Us Were Disturbed And Shocked’
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Lapid said, “All of us were disturbed and shocked by the 15th film, The Kashmir Files. That felt like a propaganda, vulgar movie, inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such a prestigious film festival.”
The Israeli filmmaker further added that he was comfortable sharing his opinions about the film openly on the stage. “In the spirit of this festival, can surely also accept a critical discussion, which is essential for art and life,” he added.
At the start of his speech, he thanked the director of the programme for offering people a rich cinematic experience, diversity and complexity. Seven films competed under the debutant category, and 15 movies were a part of an international competition, the front window of the festival.
Lapid pointed out that 14 of the 15 films had defaults, and cinematic qualities, and evoked vivid discussions.
Anupam Kher Replies
Anupam Kher, who played a significant role in the Kashmir Files, took to Twitter to reply to Lapid’s remark. His tweet read, “No matter how high the height of a lie may be, it is always smaller than the truth.”
झूट का क़द कितना भी ऊँचा क्यों ना हो..
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) November 28, 2022
सत्य के मुक़ाबले में हमेशा छोटा ही होता है.. pic.twitter.com/OfOiFgkKtD
Along with the tweet, the actor also posted images of him from The Kashmir Files and Schindler’s List, a film by Steven Spielberg. It was about a German industrialist who saved thousands of Polish and Jewish refugees from the Holocaust.
Kher’s parallel between the two films was clearly supposed to send a strong message to the Israeli filmmaker.
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Twitter Reactions
People on Twitter are either hailing Vivek Agnihotri for creating a film like that or expressing their unabashed opinions on Ladip’s statement. People who did not like the film are supporting Lapid’s opinion of the film.
As Kashmiri Pandit Univ student, I was mocked by lecturer for speaking up about annihilation, discouraged to document Muslim fundamentalists, terror dismissed as 'class struggle'.
— Pooja Shali (@PoojaShali) November 29, 2022
For us, The Kashmir Files was- finally someone- cared to listen & dared to project as is, on cinema.
TV News Anchor, Pooja Shali, tweeted, “As Kashmiri Pandit University student, I was mocked by the lecturer for speaking up about annihilation, discouraged to document Muslim fundamentalists, terror dismissed as ‘class struggle’. For us, The Kashmir Files was - finally someone - cared to listen and dared to project as is, on cinema.”
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Shameless statement on The Kashmir Files by someone who comes across as illiterate. Will this Israeli film director Nadav Lapid call Holocaust a propaganda?
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) November 28, 2022
Will he call Schindler’s List and The Pianist as propaganda films? @netanyahu@NaorGilonpic.twitter.com/yuUF8pl5xs
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