‘The Kashmir Files initiated healing process for pundits’

Times of India | 5 days ago | 24-11-2022 | 01:00 am

‘The Kashmir Files initiated healing process for pundits’

Panaji: Veteran actor Anupam Kher on Wednesday said that his film ‘The Kashmir Files’ has helped start the much-needed healing process for Kashmiri pundits, who faced genocide in the 1990s. Kher said that the film is being criticized by a few sections in the country, even as movies like Schindler’s List are being appreciated.“On one hand, we give the Oscar to Schindler’s List, and here some people are denying what happened in Kashmir. We should be ashamed. Now that it has been documented, it is a great thing that we are discussing it,” said Kher.‘The Kashmir Files’ is being screened under the mainstream film segment at the 53rd International Film Festival of India (Iffi) under the Indian Panorama section. It is also competing for the Golden Peacock in the International Competition section as well as competing for the ICFT Unesco Gandhi Medal.“The Kashmir Files has helped create awareness about the tragedy globally. As a Kashmiri Hindu, I have lived the tragedy. But nobody recognised it. The film started a healing process by documenting the tragedy,” Kher said.Asked about the inquisition in Goa by Portuguese colonial powers, Kher said that it is for the people to make a film to tell their story.Kher said he would be interested in working on a Konkani film and learning the language if the opportunity came his way.He also announced that he will be producing the Hindi version of the Odiya film ‘Pratikshya’ being screened at the festival. The story revolves around a father-son duo with unemployment as a dominant theme. What touched him, Kher said, was director Anupam Patnaik’s revelation that nearly half of Orissa’s film screening theatres had been washed away in the recent cyclone, making it tough to venture into filmmaking.

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