Regarding the timeline of the Kashmir Archives, Vivek Agnichotri asks “Did you also challenge Schindler’s List?”

The cinematographer Vivek Agnihotri, in an exclusive conversation with of democracy Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and the cast of “The Kashmir Files” opened because the film chronicles the genocide and forced exodus of the Kashmir Pandits was done after 32 years. The director objected, saying that when the Schindler’s List was made more than four decades after the Holocaust, no one questioned Steven Spielberg why it happened then or what it showed. Agnihotri said that as human beings, people should respect the dead and the people who suffered.

Speaking to Arnab, Vivek Agnihotri said: “Schindler’s list was created more than 4 decades after the Holocaust. Nobody asked why it happened then. Nobody questioned what appears in the film because I believe we are human and we should respect the dead the people who suffered. “

“However, I want to ask you one thing, there have been 8 huge and great directors, producers and stars, who have made 7-8 great films that justify, normalize and shape terrorism and give the reason why terrorism took place. were made in the same period of 1990 and not a single movie mentioned the Hindus, forget everything else. “Since there were so many big movies, then why is this small movie a big problem?” He added.

Speaking further about how the film was made, the director revealed: “We did not write this film. Each line was written by terrorists and teachers. We interviewed 700 victims. Everyone was talking about the victims, but no one was talking to the victims. “Article 370, many people go and get proclamations from US universities. Here, the Rhode Island House of Representatives has acknowledged genocide, that’s the film’s achievement.”

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The film, written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri, depicts the exodus of Kashmir Hindus from Kashmir following the systematic killing of people in the community by Pakistan-funded terrorists. The film stars Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, among others.