The Kashmir files , a low budget feature film produced and directed by Sh. Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri became highly debatable and most talked about film post penademic period when hardly people started to visit cinema halls again. It became a blockbuster and made business above 300 crores at Box office within some twenty days after the release of film .
Actually film is about 1990 genocide of Kashmiri Pandits , the aborigine's living in Kashmir from times immemorial, which was given the name of exodus by Kashmiri Muslims , politicians at the helm at that time and the media . The Kashmiri Muslims and fair weather politicians of state would say that it was Sh. Jagmohan , who facilitated the migration of Pandits from Kashmir . They are still being called migrants as if they have shifted to Jammu and other parts of India out of their own free will and for finding better Job opportunities, ignoring the fact that they were left with only three alternatives Raliv , Galiv ya chaliv i.e either get converted or die or leave your place of birth . They choose the last option and they left the state for good leaving behind properties worth crores of rupees . Most of the people would tell them that they did not fight for their rights and they left their birth place like cowards knowing very well that their community comprised only two percent of the total Population of Kashmir.
This genocide of Kashmiri Pandits was given very low publicity by the media and Government deliberately to please the psedo secular lobby , which is very strong in India. Moreover , Government had also adopted appeasement policy towards Kashmiri Muslims because they were considered minority in India even though they were majority in Kashmir and they were a vote Bank for Indian union as compared to Kashmiri pandits. Therefore, Govt. was also instrumental in hushing up the matter. Thousands of innocent Kashmiri Pandits were brutally killed in the broad day light for the sake of being Hindu . Several women of the community were raped and killed . One woman was killed by ripping into two halves by passing her body through a saw machine . Mass killing of Hindus was done in two villages of wandhama and Nadimarg of Kashmir in which several dozens of Hindus were killed selectively . It was all due to the utter indifference of central Govt. and gross negligence of state Govt. Moreover, the State Government was in hand and gloves with Terrorists and they deliberately allowed the genocide of Pandits of Kashmir to happen. Anarchy was rampant everywhere in Kashmir and anybody holding a gun could kill any innocent person in broad day light and escape with out any blemish. Nothing was done to apprehend the offenders . No accountability was fixed . One killer Bitta Karate who admitted the killing of several Kashmiri Pandits on national Television was released from jail on the recommendations of High Court on the plea that there was lack of evidence as the public prosecutor was not interested in presenting the same . It is not due to the reason that Kashmiri Pandits did not raise their grieviences . They raised their grieviences many times at various forms but nobody listened to them. Even the cases of fixing the accountability of killers of Kashmiri Pandits was taken up with Supreme Court . But the same were rejected by Supreme Court with the reason that they have become time barred . The crime does not get extinguished by becoming time barred . The crime prevails until justice is not delivered to victim and punishment not given to criminal.
Quite a few films have been made on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from their homeland in the last thirty two years . But no film could show the real reasons of exodus. Some in order to attract large audience or to continue the narrative created already by interested parties could not depict the true scenerio of Kashmir at that time .
After the film ' The Kashmir Files ' It is for the first time that after thirty two years of turmoil in Kashmir somebody has dared to call Spade a Spade and ventured to picturise an unbiased and real situation of turmoil in Kashmir and actual reasons of genocide of aborigins of Kashmir. The film has unmasked the brazen faces of Pakistan sponsored kashmiri Muslim terrorists and neighbours , ruling politicians of state having nexus with the terrorists , media persons having their own narratives and gross negligence of central government, which deliberately or inadvertantly facilitated the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits. The film has also been successful in showing the helplessness of IAS and IPS personell posted in the state . The film also shows ruthless and stubborn approach of pseudo seculars having their own one sided agenda of infringing the sovereignty of country.
This film which has been shown throughout the length and breadth of country and even in foreign countries has helped in educating the masses about the turmoil and genocide of particular community that is Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir. The people came to know that it was not exodus but a real genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir.
The metaphors coined by Kashmiri Muslims to hurl abuses on Kashmiri Pandits have frequently been used in the film to give the film a real touch . These metaphors were ' Dhali Bhat ' ' Batni Batni dodyay muss' Assi gachi aassun Pakistan batav varay batnev Saan.
Anpum Kher a versatile actor from community , who represents an ordinary Kashmiri Pandit Sh. Pushkar Nath has given his best. His marvellous acting should definitely fetch him atleast National award if not Oscar. All other actors like Basha sumbli, Mithun Chakarvertry , Puneet Issar , Pallavi Joshi , Chinmay Mandelkar and Darshan Kumar etc. have also given commendable performances.
A revolutionary poem ' Ham Dekhenge ' written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz in 1979 against dictatorship of Ziaulhaq in Pakistan has now become anthem of communist parties in india, which has been aptly sung in JNU by Pallavi Joshi who represents the pseduo secular class constantly working for disintegration of the sovernity of India . Actually song has nothing to do against Hinduism or India . It promotes democracy and discards Dictatorship . A line from the poem is 'Goonjega analhaq ka Nara Jo ham bi hai aur tum bi ho'. This slogan was first raised by Mansoor a Sufi saint , Who was influenced by Vedas . 'Analhaq 'means 'I am God ' i.e Aham bramho , essence of non dualic Vedanta philosophy . By raising this slogan Mansoor was declared as 'Kaffir 'and he was sent to gallows by hard core Islamic clergy .
Darshan Kumar as Krishna Pandit gives a spectacular speech at JNU regarding the rich cultural heritage of Kashmir which leaves the audaince spell bound .
Chinmay Mandelkar as Biita karate , though hated throughout the film has given a superb performance as hard core terrorist.
Overall the Kashmir Files , a feature film directed by Sh. Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri leaves the audaince spellbound with an awe and hardly any person can witness this picture without shedding tears . All Kashmiri Pandits are grateful to the people who contributed towards making of this film.
