On Monday, International Film Festival (IFFI) jury head Nadav Lapid called 'Kashmir Files' "vulgar" and "propaganda". His remarks made during the closing ceremony of the film festival, have since gone viral and have invited widespread criticism.
IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid called the film "propaganda, vulgar" at the festival's closing ceremony on Monday.
A video from the festival went viral in which Lapid is seen making controversial remarks about the film.
"In a democracy, there is no place for hate speech, prejudice, propaganda, demonization, violence, conflict and misuse of religion for narrow ends," the NSA said.
A practising lawyer of the Supreme Court on Tuesday filed a complaint against International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Jury Head Nadav Lapid with Goa Police for allegedly abusing Hindu community sacrifice made in Kashmir by calling the movie 'The Kashmir Files as a 'vulgar' and 'propagan
'The Kashmir Files' filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, on Monday, seemingly took a dig at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Jury Head Nadav Lapid for calling the film "propaganda, vulgar" at the festival's closing ceremony.
Anupam Kher of the 'The Kashmir Files' fame has reacted to IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid's controversial remarks about the film by saying that "it's shameful for him to make a statement like this."
Congress social media chairperson Supriya Shrinate shared FFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid's speech on social media and said, "Hate gets called out, eventually."
IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid has stirred a controversy by calling Vivek Agnihotri's directorial 'The Kashmir Files' a "propaganda, vulgar" film. However, Israel's Consul General to Midwest Kobbi Shoshani is of a different opinion.
Actor Anupam Kher, who played a key role in 'The Kashmir Files' took a swipe at IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid for calling the film "propaganda, vulgar" at the festival's closing ceremony on Monday. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit also slammed Lapid.
"The Election Commission of India has now become a branch of the BJP. It stays silent, like when BJP campaigned on the basis of religious propaganda in Himachal Pradesh. ECI is no longer independent like it used to be. ECI conducts election on BJP's signals," Mufti said.
The senior BJP leader claimed that the 'hollow propaganda' of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his party had been exposed and the people were saddened by the government's failed promises.
After August 5, 2019--when the Centre announced its decision to abrogate J-K's special status and divided it into two Union Territories--30,000 youth have been provided with government jobs, 5.2 lakh youngsters have turned entrepreneurs, while 5.5 lakh women have got associated with the self