NEW DELHI – The anti-Muslim film Kashmir Files, which pushes Islamophobicnarratives and depicts Muslims in a negative light, continues to makeheadlines in recent days.
In a recent event in the Indian state of Telangana, two boys were subjectedto assault after they chanted Pakistan Zindabad slogans during thescreening of the movie that focused on the exodus of Hindu pandits fromIndian-occupied Kashmir.
Upon chanting of Pro Pakistani slogans, some Hindutva-inspired spectatorsgot infuriated and assaulted the duo. The two reportedly managed to escapefrom the cinema while their identities have not been established yet.
Amid the heightened tension after the screening incident, a police officialtold the Indian outlet that no one had lodged a complaint so far.
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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi commended the vile project, saying itshowed the truth and that vested interests were running a campaign todiscredit it however the 170-minute film is fanning communal hatred byexaggerating claims on the violence against the Pandits who fled theirhomes in 1989.
Since taking control of one of the populous countries in the world in 2014,Hindu nationalist BJP has given support to displaced Hindus who want toeventually return to Indian-occupied Kashmir.
