Screenwriter and director Saeed Akhtar Mirza has now joined the group of people who have criticized the film The Kashmir Files and called it a ‘garbage’ and further noted that the ‘point is not to take sides’. In a recent interview, he has mentioned that it is important to ‘try to understand’ the issues. The screenwriter mentioned that the problems faced by the Kashmiri Pandit is real.
In a conversation with The Indian Express, Saeed Mirza said, “For me, The Kashmir Files is garbage. Is the Kashmiri Pandit issue garbage? No, it’s not. It’s real. Is it just Kashmiri Hindus? No. Muslims, too, are caught in an incredibly vulgar trap of the machinations of intelligence agencies, nations with so-called national interests, and paid guys from across the border, who continue to create havoc. The point is not to take sides. Be human and try to understand.”
The Kashmir Files, is helmed by Vivek Agnihotri features the mass exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir in the late 1980s and early 90s. The film was out on March 11 this year and emerged as one of the highest-grossing films of the year. It features Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi among others.
Recently, similar nature of remark was passed by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid who called the film a “vulgar and propaganda” movie at the International Film Festival of India.
