As soon as it came out on March 11, “The Kashmir Files” caused a stir. It focuses on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the early 1990s.
An important Bollywood movie called “The Kashmir Files” hasn’t been released yet in New Zealand because of a dispute about it. People in the country’s censor board, who had already approved the movie, asked them to change their minds.
As long as you are at least 16 years old, you can watch “The Kashmir Files.” Board: Then, the board decided to change its mind and put the film on hold.
As soon as it came out on March 11, it caused a stir. It’s about how Kashmiri Pandits were forced out of the Valley in the 1990s.
Reports say that the chief censor is going to change the film’s classification after members of the Muslim community raised concerns about the film.
Ex-New Zealand deputy prime minister Winston Peters has said that blocking the movie would be an attack on people’s freedom in New Zealand, so he has slammed the movie board for doing that.
Peters: “To censor this film is like censoring information or images from the March 15th atrocities in New Zealand, or for that matter, removing all images of the 9/11 attack from the public’s view.”
“All forms of terrorism, no matter where they come from, should be called out and fought against. This kind of selective censorship would be another attack on the freedom of New Zealanders and people all over the world, so it would be a bad thing for them “he said more.
Vivek Agnihotri directed “The Kashmir Files,” which stars Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, and many other people, as well.
The controversial movie has become a huge hit thanks to a lot of government support and tax breaks from a lot of different states across the country. It has also been slammed because it’s unusual for the government to put its weight behind a movie that isn’t for free. Because the film is so politically sensitive and there have been accusations that the government is using propaganda, people say that the government isn’t being truthful.
In videos that have been shared on social media, people can be seen using slang that is offensive to Muslims, as well as making angry noises and shouting angry slogans. People can be seen both inside and outside movie theatres.