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The Kashmir Files wins National Film Award for ‘Integration’, NC, PDP call it ‘Unfortunate, Ironic’

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The Kashmir Files wins National Film Award for 'Integration', NC, PDP call it 'Unfortunate, Ironic'

“The Kashmir Files” winning the Nargis Dutt award for best film on national integration is very unfortunate and nothing can be more ironic than this, the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party said here on Friday. “There is not a single scene in that movie that depicts national integration…. Unfortunately, the movie only shows Kashmiri Muslims in bad light. Not only that, a lot of agencies, including Jammu and Kashmir Police, have been shown in a very bad light,” NC chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq said. He said the film…

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The Kashmir Files: A Case Study in BJP’s Use of Cinema for Political Gain

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The Kashmir Files: A Case Study in BJP's Use of Cinema for Political Gain

The film, which won the National Award on Thursday, was criticised by the Opposition after it was released last year; it was also at the centre of a row at a film festival when an Israeli director labelled it “propaganda”. Honoured with a National Film Award for Best Film for National Integration, The Kashmir Files is a movie that has divided opinions ever since it was released last year because of its contested portrayal of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus from Kashmir in 1990. The film caused a stir last November…

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