The film was released on March 11, 2022 and is based on the 1990 violence in Kashmir.
Assam Chief Minister Hemant Biswa Sharma on Tuesday made an announcement for state government employees. The Chief Minister has announced that the employees will be given half a day off to watch the recently released film 'The Kashmir Files'.
The Chief Minister made the announcement on social networking. In a post on social networking platform Koo, the state government employees are happy to announce that they have been given a half-day leave to view their government files. All they have to do is inform their superiors. Also, the tickets for the movie will have to be submitted to the seniors on the next day, ”the Chief Minister said in the post.
Hemant Biswa Sharma and the entire cabinet of Assam visited the movie theater on Monday. He had also made a post in this regard. In this post, Hemant Biswa Sharma said that the massacre of Pandits in Kashmir was a great blow to humanity.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday directly commented on the controversy over the film 'Kashmir Files', which was tax-exempt in BJP-ruled states. Modi alleged that the film was being slandered by a group consistently carrying the flag of individual freedom.
The film deals with the escape of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in 1990. The issue of displacement of Kashmiri Pandits is also on the BJP's agenda. The film has been criticized by Congress as well as some film critics. Referring to the protest, Modi on Tuesday backed the film at a meeting of the BJP's parliamentary party.
‘This film reveals the hidden truth about Kashmiri Pandits for many years. However, the film is being discredited. If one does not like this film, then a film should be made which responds to it, 'said Modi to the BJP MPs.
Any movie, good or bad, should be carefully reviewed, but instead, doubts are being raised about this movie and it is a conspiracy. Truth must be laid out in the right way on any subject. So the concern is not just about this movie. Truth must be told for the good of the country. One side of the subject may seem important to one, the other side may seem important to the other. If the truth is being told in this film, then why is it being opposed, Modi asked.
Pakistan provided financial and military assistance to terrorists in the Kashmir Valley. Terrorists killed many Kashmiri Pandits. Kashmiri Pandits had to flee the valley after the massacre. Displaced Kashmiri Pandits have yet to return to the valley. Modi said that only those who want to suppress this truth are opposing this film.