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The Kashmir Files, a controversial film on the plight of Hindus in Kashmir in the
1990s a vulgar and propaganda film? Award-winning Israeli moviemaker Nadav
Lapid told audiences at an international film festival in Goa on Tuesday he thought
so. So did other members of the jury, according to him.

Lapid was invited to chair the jury at the International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) in Goa where The Kashmir Files  was screened. At the concluding ceremony
the jury chief lashed out at the film and said, “There were 15 films in the
international competition — the front window of the festival. Fourteen out of them
had cinematic qualities… and evoked vivid discussions. We were, all of us,
disturbed and shocked by the 15th film, The Kashmir Files. That felt to us like a
propaganda, vulgar movie, inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such
a prestigious film festival.”

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