'The Kashmir Files' Director Vivek Agnihotri Gets Y-Category Security With CRPF Cover Pan India Amid Threats -Deets Inside

'The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri gets Y security amid threats

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'The Kashmir Files' Director Vivek Agnihotri Gets Y-Category Security With CRPF Cover Pan India Amid Threats -Deets Inside
Vivek Agnihotri's latest release 'The Kashmir Files' has been making headlines for multiple reasons. The director's film is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley during the 1990s. According to a latest report in IndianExpress, Vivek Agnihotri has been granted 'Y' security with CPRF cover pan India by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

It further reported that the decision has been taken in the wake of opposition to the film 'from certain quarters and apprehensions that some communities may be hurt' by the director's presentations of the events.

For the uninitiated, before the film's release, Vivek Agnihotri had deactivated his Twitter account after receiving 'death threats'. ALSO READ:Boycott Kapil Sharma Show’ Trends As The Kashmir Files Not Given Promotion Opportunity, Vivek Agnihotri Says, ‘They Refuse To Call Us Because We Don’t Have A Big Star’

In a post, the director wrote, "... My DM was filled with vulgar and threatening messages (by you know who). It's not that I can't handle such elements, but it seemed there were many Pakistani & Chinese bots. However tough you may be, it's mentally testing to be surrounded by such intense hate and threats for your family. For what? Making an honest film on the pain and sufferings of our Kashmiri brothers & sisters? Is that why they are rattled that the truth may come out? The ugly world of social media has given the power to a lot of evil elements. And our silence gives them hope to succeed. The Kashmir Files breaks that silence. Loud and clear."

The Kashmir Files stars Anupam Kher, Amaan Iqbal, Darshan Kumar among others. The film is doing really well at the box office.






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