The 69th National Film Awards concluded recently with some of the most exciting projects of 2021 winning big. One of the unique awards this year was the ‘Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration’ and it was given to Vivek Agnihotri’s controversial flick ‘The Kashmir Files’.
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This Anupam Kher starrer film revolved around the heart-wrenching exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir during the 1990s.
For the unversed, TKF’s actress Pallavi Joshi also won the National Award for ‘Best Supporting Actress’. Other than Anupam and Pallavi, this Hindi-lingual drama film also featured actors like Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar, Chinmay Madlekar, Prakash Belawadi and Puneet Issar among others.
Soon after the news of TKF winning an award for national integration floated across the internet, netizens are in disbelief and here’s how they have reacted:-
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Vivek Agnihotri in a statement to the media dedicated his award to victims of terrorism.
He said, “The National Film Award is India’s most prestigious award. I have always said that The Kashmir Files was never my film, it is the people’s film. I am just the medium. The terrorism that Kashmiri Hindus, Sikhs, Christians and Muslims have faced, the film is their voice. It has voiced their pain, which the whole world has heard now.”
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“We worked day in and day out to take it to the world and now the National Award has validated our hard work. I and my production house dedicate this victory to all the victims of terrorism especially the Kashmiri Hindus, and to every Indian who has been a victim of terrorism.”
Pallavi Joshi who is in Chicago right now for the promotion of her upcoming film The Vaccine War also issued a gratitude note.
She said, “I am very happy about winning this award. Of course, every actor will be happy but I am happier that our film won the 69th National Award in the category of Best National Integration because that is very important to us. I dedicate this award to the entire Kashmiri Pandit community and all the persecuted communities in the world who have suffered at the hands of terrorism.”
What’s the controversy around The Kashmir Files?
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The film which became one of the blockbusters of 2022 was highly criticised for promoting hatred against a particular group. The film has been often tagged as a propaganda flick and the film’s director Vivek Agnihotri is often seen defending himself and his film in public.
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