'Stop free screening of The Kashmir Files', says Vivek Agnihotri to BJP leader

Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files, a film on the genocide of the Kashmiri pandits, is doing excellent business at the box office. The film, which crossed Rs 100 crore in just a week, is expected to mint a total of Rs 175 crores by Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the film and it has also been made tax-free in many states including Gujarat, MP, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh. After many BJP leaders encouraged people to watch the film, now a local BJP leader in Rewari, Haryana, has organised a free screening of The Kashmir Files, which has not gone down well with Vivek Agnihotri. He has called it a 'criminal offense'.

Vivek Agnihotri is upset with the free screening of The Kashmir Files by a local BJP politician in Rewari. Sharing the poster of the free screening on Twitter, Agnihotri wrote, "WARNING: Showing #TheKashmirFiles like this in open and free is a CRIMINAL OFFENCE. Dear @mlkhattar ji, I’d request you to



stop this. Political leaders must respect creative business and true Nationalism and Social service means buying tickets in a legal and peaceful manner (sic)."

A local politician from Haryana's Rewari announced that he is organising the screening of The Kashmir Files at a park free of cost. This irked Vivek Agnihotri and he appealed that politicians must respect the creative business. The filmmaker also said that nationalism and social service mean buying tickets for the movie. In his tweet, he tagged Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and asked him to stop this public screening by the local politician in Rewari.

Later, Arun Yadav, the state-in-charge of BJP in Haryana responded to Vivek Agnihotri's tweet and wrote that he has spoken to the person concerned and asked him to stop the screening and if he wants to show the film to people, he can show it in the theatres. Agnihotri thanked Yadav.