As The Kashmir Files completed three years in Hindi cinema on Tuesday, director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri made a statement of intent, saying that if his 2022 film shook people, then his next venture, The Delhi Files, will shake people even more. He underlined that his life's mission is to dig out and present the darkest, most buried facts of history.
Posting on X (formerly Twitter), Vivek posted a poster of The Kashmir Files, a movie that depicts a dramatized version of the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-held Kashmir.
He wrote in his post:
"Dear friends, They silenced me. They sought to erase history. But The Kashmir Files became a movement—shaking the country and revealing the truth of the Kashmiri Hindu genocide."
Vivek labeled The Kashmir Files, which includes performances by Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi, as something more than a movie—it was a movement that provided a voice to the voiceless.
"The Kashmir Files was more than a movie; it was a revolution, a voice for the voiceless, and an unrelenting battle for justice."
The film portrays the exodus as a genocide, a description disputed by scholars on the grounds that some aspects were framed in such a manner so as to become controversial. According to the movie, these occurrences were intentionally masked under a "conspiracy of silence."
Vivek went on to add:
"If The Kashmir Files shook you, The Delhi Files will shatter you—because my life's purpose is to convey the darkest, most hidden, untold truths of our past, even if they are uncomfortable. -VRA #3YearsOfTheKashmirFiles #RightToJustice #TheDelhiFiles"
The Kashmir Files traces the journey of a young Kashmiri Hindu student, portrayed by Darshan Kumar, who grew up under the care of his exiled grandfather. Deprived of knowledge about the tragic fate of his parents, he sets out on a quest in 2020 to discover what really happened three decades before.
Agnihotri’s next venture, The Delhi Files: The Bengal Chapter, is reportedly based on the 1946 Calcutta Riots. It serves as the final installment in his trilogy, following The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files.
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