Director Vivek Agnihotri has reacted after filmmaker Ashoke Pandit mentioned that if the ‘assault on The Kashmir Files was mistaken, then the identical applies to Pathaan’. Taking to Twitter on Monday, Ashoke additionally mentioned that if trolling Vivek was proper then ‘mechanically trolling and silly feedback towards Pathaan turns into legitimate’. (Also Read | The Kashmir Files is ‘rubbish’, says screenwriter Saeed Akhtar Mirza)
Ashoke Pandit wrote, “If abusing and trolling @vivekagnihotri was right & hence the entire industry kept quiet, then automatically trolling & stupid comments against #Pathaan become valid. If attack on #KashmirFiles was wrong, then the same applies to #Pathaan. Let’s not be selective with our responses!”
He additionally tweeted, “Our silence at certain moments because it suits an agenda makes our enemies stronger. I stood by all those films like #UdtaPunjab & #Padmaavat which were abused by fundamentalists, but saw no support by the industry. Enemies have misused this division between different camps.” Quote tweeting the publish, Vivek commented, “Hmmmmm…”
Recently, Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone’s upcoming movie Pathaan was on the centre of an argument over its new tune Besharam Rang. After the primary monitor from the movie was unveiled, a number of politicians and a bit of the folks raised objections to the tune. The monitor was criticised over the selection of outfits and colors worn by Deepika Padukone in a number of the tune sequences.
Last month, Ashoke had reacted after Israeli director Nadav Lapid had referred to as Vivek’s movie The Kashmir Files a “propaganda movie” and “vulgar” on the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). “You selected him without a background check. I am demanding a probe into as to how he was selected as chairperson of the jury. Who are the officers in the information and broadcasting ministry who were involved in this process. Let the probe uncover them,” Ashoke had been quoted by news company PTI.
The Kashmir Files reveals the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the Kashmir Valley within the Nineties. The Kashmir Files stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, and Darshan Kumaar amongst others. The movie, which launched in March this yr in theatres, is without doubt one of the most commercially profitable Hindi movies of the yr.
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