Vivek Agnihotri Confirms His Next Film, The Kashmir Files; Eyes Independence Day 2020 Release!

After the success of The Taskhent Files, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri is all set to dive into his next project. Back in the beginning of June, he had announced that he would make a film on Kashmir. Today, he has officially announced that he is going ahead with his film, that will be titled The Kashmir Files, and it would release mid 2020.

Presenting #TheKashmirFiles Next year, same time, on our 73rd Independence anniversary, we will bring you the unreported story of the most tragic and gut-wrenching genocide of Kashmiri Hindus. Please bless our team as it’s not an easy story to tell. #KashmirUnreported

Check out the announcement here:

Talking about why he wants to make sucha  film, Vivek Agnihotri had earlier said in an interview:

"Kashmiri pandits are homeless in their own country. This is the 7th exodus of Kashmiri pandits from Kashmir their home. Since World War II, there hasn’t been such a violent and barbaric ethnic cleansing anywhere in the world. This is India’s holocaust where at midnight the minorities (Hindus) were asked to leave the valley and they were specifically asked to leave behind all their property and women. Children were killed with AK47, women were raped, men were cut with woodcutting saw. Houses were burnt. India’s most secular region was converted into an Islamic region controlled with Sharia law. My film is about the sinister politics behind it. Everyone is responsible for such a tragedy."

He has also said that he is taking time out to research on the film. This film was apparently in the pipeline for the last one year.