As controversy grew, BJP leaders, actors also joined the discourse against him.
Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid said he was "disturbed and shocked" to see the film being screened at the film festival.
Alia Bhatt won hearts when she wore her wedding sari at the 69th National Film Awards at the Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. The ivory embroidered drape was designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.
'No small artistic film can even hope to win, except, maybe, as random tokenism,' asserts Deepa Gahlot.
We are back to being a country that talks about box office numbers as the measure for what an audience's real feelings about a movie are, laments Sreehari Nair.
Non-release of the film in West Bengal and a late release in Tamil Nadu has resulted in a loss of at least Rs 10 crore-Rs 15 crore and that's the margin by which it would stay under the lifetime total of The Kashmir Files eventually.
Sudipto Sen, the lone Indian in the jury board of the just-concluded International Film Festival of India, Saturday maintained that the remarks made by Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid about The Kashmir Files were his personal opinion even as three other co-jurors came out in support of the jury head.
'This movie gives a message to live in harmony and make this world a better place to live in.'
'We didn't realise what a tsunami The Kashmir Files was going to be.'
After making the blockbuster The Kashmir Files, Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri plunges headlong into another hard-hitting film, this time on the COVID vaccine.
Bollywood stars sashayed down the red carpet at the Zee Cine Awards in Mumbai.
Unfazed by the widespread criticism of his comments against the Hindi film The Kashmir Files, Israeli director and IFFI international jury chair Nadav Lapid said he stands by his remarks as he "knows how to recognise propaganda disguised as a movie".
The Mid-Day Showbiz Icons 2023 Awards saw a lot of dazzle on the red carpet.
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Joginder Tuteja looks at the theatrical releases of the month.
Shoshani, who shared the dais with actor Anupam Kher at a press conference in Mumbai, said the The Kashmir Files is not propaganda but a "strong movie" that gives place to sufferings of the people of Kashmir.
It's been a good year at the box office. Still, there were some rude shocks as well.
Vivek shot Nautanki in Bhopal in the midst of the postponed schedules of The Kashmir Files.
'It's the most ban-friendly country in the world as far as cinema is concerned.'
The Israeli envoy said Nadav Lapid has abused the Indian invitation to chair the panel of judges at IFFI Goa, as well as, the trust bestowed on him.
'What matters to me is that the film is reaching out and touching hearts.' 'An 85-year old man and his 75-year wife, who had never stepped into a cinema, went to see The Kashmir Files.' 'That is my real achievement.'
In one of the tweets, Khan, who is deputy secretary with the MP Public Works Department, had last week urged makers of The Kashmir Files to also make a film on the 'killings of large number of Muslims across several states' in India, and said members of this minority community are 'not insects, but citizens of the country'.
'Whatever I said and I said clearly that for me and my fellow jury members, it was and it is a vulgar propaganda movie that didn't have a place and was inappropriate for such a prestigious competitive section. I can repeat it again and again'
The Union government had last week directed social media platforms such as Twitter and YouTube to block links to the documentary India: The Modi Question.
The clip contains various scenes depicting the period of militancy, including women in mourning.
The third-highest category of security in the country has been granted to Agnihotri because of the film-maker's increased threat perception after the The Kashmir Files release.
The Vaccine War leans towards stoking nationalistic fervour, but that shouldn't stop you from watching a film that is solemn about the Indian scientific community's achievement, notes Mayur Sanap.
The Kashmir Files Director Vivek Agnihotri spotted outside a Mumbai salon.
'Holding on to superstardom is far more difficult than the struggle to get there.'
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2023, held at Mumbai's Taj Land's End hotel, saw some Bollywood and television stars in attendance.
The Kerala Story is among a long list of films that invited bans and censorship.
"If a film Kashmir Files is made, then at least, there should also be film 'Lakhimpur Files', where farmers were crushed under the wheels of a jeep," the SP president told journalists in Sitapur district on Wednesday when asked for his opinion on the Bollywood movie.
It's the second fastest of the year to achieve this feat as it managed to go past the Rs 100 crore mark -- in just nine days.
Bollywood stars prefer comfort over style when they travel these days.
Mrs and Mrs Malhotra attended their first post-shaadi event, the News18 Showsha Reel Awards.
The BJP is doing politics over the issue. We demand 'The Kashmir Files' film to be uploaded on YouTube, Kejriwal said.
Abdullah said if the gap between the communities is to be bridged, the hateful campaigns like The Kashmir Files film and incessant Hindu-Muslim debates on the media have to be stopped.
A special screening of Ajay Devgn's new release Drishyam 2 was held in Mumbai last night.
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