The Kashmir Files

The Kashmir Files

Based on a true tragedy, the emotionally triggering film sheds light on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus), a religious minority in the 1990s Kashmir valley, who were compelled to flee their homes by the Islamic militants.

  • Released: 2022-03-11
  • Runtime: 170 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, History, Thrillers
  • Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Puneet Issar, Pallavi Joshi, Ekta Singh, RK Gaurav, Amaan Iqbal, Chinmay Mandlekar, Darshan Kumaar, Bhasha Sumbli, Arpan Bhikhari, Prakash Belawadi, Mrinal Kulkarni, Atul Srivastava, Sourav Verma
  • Director: Vivek Agnihotri
 Comments
  • aainabansal - 14 March 2024
    Highly Disappointing Movie
    Really a big let down, especially considering Tashkent was decent.

    Very very poor acting, horrible script, highly overdramatized and sensationalized.

    Really a terrible movie! Almost impossible to sit through.

    Don't know why it has such a high rating on this website. I usually find IMDb a good resource but it was terribly misleading in this case.

    The plot was ok but the characters very trite and over dramatized. Worse than your average soap opera even. The cinematography is ok I guess.

    Even good actors have done a poor job and made you feel disinterested and apathetic which is hard to do given the content.

    Don't waste your time.
  • sanskar-26040 - 2 September 2022
    8.3 hunh, lol
    As you can probably see this movie is rated 8.3, but when you open it you will se the whole picture. There is something more than what meets the eye, its average is 9.5. Well that tells you everything, about what this movie carries. This movie really tells us an unedited version of our recent past. One of the genocides which took place in our Kashmir. This movie is fearless in what it is, it does not try to sugar coat anything, it shows us how things were and are unapologetically. As of now everyone has probably watched this movie, and this is one of the few movies which are doing well in the bollywood industry, which tells us that how much audiences are annoyed by the stupid remakes and silly stories.
  • arnab_911 - 20 July 2022
    Still can't shake off the trauma from watching this
    This movie was carrying a lot on its shoulders, and the movie delivered properly. We have all seen plenty of movie revolving around Hitler's concentration camps but some of the gory details were always left to our imagination. This movie did no such thing. Towards the end the violence and the blood bath was so intense that it'll dwarf even two world wars put together. I saw this in theatres when it came out. Good movies like these I keep in my collection but I'm still freaked out about watching this again. The worst part is this has been happening to Hindus in the south east asia for a thousand years with no end in sight. A must see for everyone whose forefathers were at the sharp end of the spear.
  • punitpunit-03127 - 19 June 2022
    TRUTH
    Saw Kashmir Files yesterday,

    There are many things touched my heart through this movie, when I entered the multiplex, I saw jampacked audience waiting for the movie, which I seen only for super-star movies.

    Most of the audience were elderly , above 60 +, I saw a very old man in wheel chair who was watching from wheel chair friendly area

    When it comes to movie, first of all I admire the guts of Vivek Agnihotri for taking this movie, unlike all movies which as the starting section as "this story is nowhere related to living or dead personal - anything like these are coincidental" from the usual acknowledgment to "this movie is taken based on real life interviews and reports" is the main highlight.

    Compared to Taskent files, or Buddha in a traffic jam, this movie is emotionally attached to a larger community. The scenes, interviews, dialogues mostly taken from real interviews and reports.

    As the story goes for an Apologetic pandit to Unapologetic pandit - the sequence will go back to 1990's to present day. Some of the scenes especially Anupam Kher's acting is Steller. The scene where he licks the biscuit in poverty - gave me tears

    Along with supporting roles from Mithun chakrabarty, Pallavi Joshi, Chinmay Mandlekar, Prakash Belawadi, Puneet Issar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Bhasha SUmbli - were excellent !

    I am not explaining anything regarding the story because its best to be seen from theatres.

    There are some flaws in direction and acting (basic supporting casts) - especially shooting at the end

    but on the whole - along with the rest of the audience, i saw tears, and whispers from highly likely pandits - scattered and survived while getting out of theatres,

    for the plot, yes, its a once in lifetime that someone who has guts to openly take this subject without any alterations. I still remember watching "Shikara" of vidhu vinod chopra who made the entire exodus plot as a romantic - apologetic thread.

    This movie does not end like a normal movie, it does not provide any conclusion of the stories, of aftermath from revelations,

    it just serves the purpose - show the brutality of exodus. Some may think why we are beating around the history to provoke or poke the wound - but fake narratives outlived in this habitat for long

    We have seen Jodha Akbar, Haider and many - which may excel in movie making but as a historic continuity - a failure.

    "Raliv Galiv ya Chaliv" the provoking slogan came from the mosque in the dawn of exodus - Convert / die or leave Kashmir - the movie makes the aftermath of this slogan into the perspective of those who were forgotten the movie revolves around many impactful dialogues !

    Waiting for the Delhi Files.