Much has been said and written about what the Israeli filmmaker and IFFI 2022 Jury head Nadav Lapid has said about Vivek Agnihotri’s recent film ‘The Kashmir Files’, he called it a 'propaganda and vulgar film' in his speech during IFFI 2022 conclusion. Adivi Sesh who was asked about Lapid's comments by a media house, reportedly said that the comments were not a great decorum, we put a background score to a scene that wouldn't occur in real life, to manipulate the emotions of the audience into feeling something.
Sesh’s recent film ‘Major’ which was based on the life of the Late Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, was screened at IFFI2022 as a part of the Indian Panorama section.
The Israeli filmmaker's comments about “Vulgar Propaganda film” is said to have disturbed most of the jury and the video clip of the same has gone viral. However, the festival organizers are yet to react to his comments.
While the Israeli ambassador Naor Gilon in India has asked the filmmaker to apologise to Indians for his controversial comments.
The drama film ‘The Kashmiri Files’ made by Vivek Agnihotri is said to be based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Indian-administered Kashmir. The film-maker claims that such facts were suppressed by a conspiracy of silence.
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