Vineet Jindal, a Delhi-based lawyer, has filed a complaint against Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling The Kashmir Files a ‘propaganda and vulgar’ film. The complaint comes amid massive backlash and criticism from many, including high-ranking Israeli officials.
Advocate Jindal, in a tweet, said he has filed a complaint with the Goa Police against Nadav Lapid for “abusing Hindu community sacrifice made in Kashmir” by describing the movie as vulgar and propaganda.
“The statement given by Nadav is totally manipulated and will ill intention towards the Hindu community in grub of targeting move The Kashmir Files…,” Jindal wrote in his complaint to Goa DGP Jaspal Singh.
In his speech at the closing ceremony of IFFI 2022, Lapid said he was disturbed and shocked to see the film being screened at the film festival.
“All of us were disturbed and shocked by the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’. It felt to us like a propaganda and vulgar movie that was inappropriate for an artistic and competitive section of such a prestigious film festival. I feel comfortable to openly share this feeling with you since the spirit of the festival can truly accept critical discussion which is essential for art and life,” Lapid said.
While some praised Lapid for “calling out propaganda”, others accused him of being insensitive towards the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits, despite being part of a community that faced the horrors of the Holocaust.
