Kangana Ranaut calls The Kashmir Files ‘sachi wali blockbuster’, targets ‘movie mafia’: ‘I am doing my bit’

Actor Kangana Ranaut is celebrating the success of The Kashmir Files, the provocative new drama directed by Vivek Agnihotri. Using it as a launchpad to voice her personal resentment in direction of the mainstream Hindi movie trade, Kangana wrote, “Isko kehte hain sachi wali blockbuster (Now this is what we call a true blockbuster),” and known as The Kashmir Files the ‘first successful film of the pandemic’.

Kangana had just lately implied that the field workplace numbers for Alia Bhatt-starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi have been cooked, though she didn’t cite a supply for her claims. In one other Instagram Story, she added, “The Kashmir Files is the first successful and profitable film in theatres post pandemic… I am telling you all this because movie mafia and their chatikaar and bikau media won’t tell you… No one from the industry will applaud or appreciate it so I am doing my bit.”

A screenshot of Kangana Ranaut’s be aware on The Kashmir Files.

In truth, a number of others from the trade have applauded the movie’s success, even these whose political ideologies don’t align with Agnihotri’s. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta tweeted, “Congratulations @vivekagnihotri for #TheKashmirFiles. You have succeeded outside the system, on your own terms. Ideologically or otherwise I might disagree with your views and films but as a colleague I must commend you.”

Congratulations @vivekagnihotri for #TheKashmirFiles. You have succeeded outdoors the system, by yourself phrases. Ideologically or in any other case I’d disagree along with your views and movies however as a colleague I need to commend you.

— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) March 13, 2022

The Kashmir Files has grown from strength-to-strength on the field workplace; in 4 days of launch, the movie has made Rs 42 crore, by sheer phrase of mouth.

Actor-director couple Yami Gautam and Aditya Dhar additionally got here out in reward of the movie. In a Twitter thread, the Uri: The Surgical Strike filmmaker wrote, “You might have seen numerous videos of Kashmiri Pandits breaking down in the theatres after watching #TheKashmirFiles. The emotion is real. It shows how long we kept our pain and tragedy repressed as a community. We didn’t have any shoulder to cry on and no ear to hear our pleas. This film is a brave attempt to show our TRUTH! We were forced to keep this tragedy a secret. We tried moving on hoping that time will heal our wounds. But we were seriously wrong. The wounds still remain. Almost all of us till date are still suffering mentally, emotionally and even physically. It was not just the terrorism that killed so many, it was also what followed the migration. Hats off to our elders for bringing us up with so much dignity. Against all odds and atrocities, they made sure we get the best of education, and make our country proud.”

Yami added, “Being married to a Kashmiri Pandit, I know first hand of the atrocities that this peace-loving community has gone through. But majority of the nation is still unaware. It took us 32 years and a film to get to know the truth. Please watch and support #TheKashmirFiles. Huge respect to @AnupamPKher sir, @vivekagnihotri and the entire team.”

Being married to a Kashmiri Pandit, I do know first hand of the atrocities that this peace-loving group has gone by. But majority of the nation continues to be unaware. It took us 32 years and a movie to get to know the reality. Please watch and assist #TheKashmirFiles . 🙏 https://t.co/rjHmKVmiXZ

— Yami Gautam Dhar (@yamigautam) March 14, 2022

Comedian Samay Raina shared a screenshot of a message that his father despatched him after watching the movie. Raina’s dad recalled witnessing a bloodbath that was proven within the movie, and wrote that he left the theatre in tears.

Others who congratulated Agnihotri and his crew embrace Akshay Kumar, Ranvir Shorey, Arjun Rampal, cricketer Suresh Raina and others. The movie has acquired blended skilled evaluations. The Indian Express’ Shubhra Gupta wrote in her evaluate, “With all its propagandist verve, and cementing the current dispensation’s favoured discourse, it does manage to tap into the grief of the displaced Pandits. What stays with us are the flashes of genuine pain that envelopes Pushkar Nath (Anupam Kher in a credible turn, even if some of his portions are overwrought), damaged and suffering from dementia, but who has never forgotten his beloved Habba Kadal.”