A day after screenwriter and director Saeed Akhtar Mirza called ‘The Kashmir Files’ ‘garbage’, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri responded to the statement by sharing a promo tweet for his next film ‘The Delhi Files’.
Sharing a screenshot of Saeed's statement, he tweeted, ‘Maine kaha Mirza sahab ko Salaam. Fir milte hain Janaab, The Delhi Files ke baad (I say, salutations to Mirza sir. Let us meet again after The Delhi Files). 2024.’
In another tweet, he wrote, ‘I never wanted to say this but I think it’s time to speak the HARSH TRUTH: All their lives they made films on Muslim victimhood. Only India has a genre called ‘Muslim Social’. Hindus made these people rich & famous. Yet, ungrateful Bollywood has zero empathy towards Hindus.’
In an interview with Indian Express, Saeed talked about ‘The Kashmir Files’ and 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’, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi, talks about the 1990 exodus and killings of Kashmir Pandits.
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