IFFI jury head's comments insult to horror faced by Kashmiri Hindus: Goa BJP

Bharatiya Janata Partys Goa spokesperson Savio Rodrigues on Tuesday slammed the comments of Nadav Lapid the jury head of the 53rd International Film Festival of India IFFI on the The Kashmir Files film claiming it was an insult to the horrors faced by Kashmiri HindusAt the closing ceremony of the IFFI on Monday night in Goa Israeli filmmaker Lapid termed The Kashmir Files as a propaganda movie and vulgar He had served as the jury head of the film galaIn his speech Lapid had said he was disturbed and shocked to see the film being screened at the festivalReacting to it Rodrigues in a media statement issued here said The statement made by filmmaker and IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid over The Kashmir Files is an insult to the horrors faced by Kashmir Hindus in the pastAlso Read Shameful says Anupam Kher reacting to IFFI Jury heads remarks on The Kashmir FilesYou can critique a film artistically but to term the truth about the brutality faced by the Kashmiri Pandits propaganda is shameful he saidThe BJP leader said he disagrees with Lapids views on The Kashmir FilesHaving watched it twice I did not find it to be vulgar or a propaganda It merely stated a brutal truth about a brutality that happened to the Kashmiri Pandits Rodrigues saidHe also offered to get Lapid interact with Kashmiri HindusIsraeli filmmaker Lapid must be ignorant about the truth of the horrors that happened in Kashmir the BJP leader saidThe Kashmir Files which was released in theatres on March 11 was part of the Indian Panorama Section at IFFI and was screened on November 22Written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri and produced by Zee Studios the film depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir following the killings of people from the community by Pakistanbacked terroristsIt stars Anupam Kher Darshan Kumar Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi among othersIn his speech at the IFFI 2022 closing ceremony Lapid said All of us were disturbed and shocked by the movie The Kashmir Files It felt to us like a propaganda and vulgar movie that was inappropriate for an artistic and competitive section of such a prestigious film festivalI feel comfortable to openly share this feeling with you since the spirit of the festival can truly accept critical discussion which is essential for art and life the filmmaker had saidReacting to Lapids remarks veteran actor Anupam Kher on Tuesday said truth will always trump falsehoodIn a Twitter post Kher shared a series of stills of legendary American filmmaker Steven Spielbergs acclaimed film Schindlers List along with a picture from The Kashmir FilesNo matter how big the lie is its always smaller than the truth in comparison said Kher who had attended the special screening of the film at the 53rd IFFI on November 22This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever