'The Kashmir files' started a healing process from a tragedy, says Anupam Kher at IFFI
Kher said that film Director Vivek Agnihotri interviewed around 500 people all around the world for the movie.
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New Delhi, Nov 23: Anupam Kher said that 'The Kashmir files' helped people all over the world to be aware of the tragedy that happened to Kashmiri Pandits in 1990s. He was participating in IFFI Table Talks held in connection with the 53rd International Film Festival of India in Panaji, Goa.
“It is a film based on true incidents. Film Director Vivek Agnihotri interviewed around 500 people all around the world for the movie. On the night of 19th January 1990, 5 lakh Kashmiri Pandits had to leave their homes and memories in the Kashmir valley following rising violence. As a Kashmiri Hindu, I lived with the tragedy. But nobody was recognising the tragedy. World was trying to hide this tragedy. The film started a healing process by documenting the tragedy”, Anupam Kher added.
Reminiscing the process of giving life to a tragedy he suffered, Anupam Kher said that 'The Kashmir Files' is not just a film to him, but an emotion which he portrayed on screen. “Since I represent the people who got expelled from their homes, I consider it a great responsibility to express it in the best possible manner. My tears, my difficulties which you are seeing in this film are all real,” he described. As a piece of advice to upcoming filmmakers, he said that one should remove the notion from their minds that they are from a particular language film industry. “Instead, the film makers must identify themselves as film makers from the Indian film industry doing a particular language film. It is a larger than life film industry”.
At the interaction Anupam Kher also announced that he will produce the Odiya film Pratikshya – story of father-son duo with unemployment as a dominant theme - in Hindi, with him playing one of the main roles. Abhishek Agarwal, Producer of 'Kashmir Files' who joined the conversation said that it was the film which chose him and not the other way around.
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