After the blockbuster success of the critically acclaimed film ‘The Kashmir Files’, National Award-winning filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri promised a far more eye-opening and spine-chilling sequel with the new series now streaming.
Produced by Agnihotri and wife Pallavi Joshi’s IamBuddha Entertainment and Media LLP, the new seven-part ‘The Kashmir Files Unreported’ premiered on ZEE5 Global recently. Woven together through real life anecdotes, survivor testimonies and archived footages, ‘The Kashmir Files Unreported’ delves into the historical, ethnical, and geopolitical details, encapsulating the events, mistakes, crimes and circumstances that led to the massacre and mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley in the 1990s. It goes on to portray the state of affairs which led to the abrogation of Article 370 and its repercussions on Kashmir today.
Director-Producer Vivek Agnihotri said: “The genocide of Kashmir is a blot not only on India but on humanity. It is considered to be the biggest hidden tragedy of modern times. It was very important for us to tell this story honestly. So far, all the movies, literature and in media, what has been reported is contemporary.
“After 32 years when we made ‘The Kashmir Files’ based on four years of extensive research, it opened people’s eyes. But there were polarising views on the film – some felt that the movie portrayed only 10 per cent of the reality and some felt that ‘The Kashmir Files’ was a propaganda film. Therefore, it was important for us to open all the research and interviews we did in its purest and rawest form for people to understand that the truth is difficult to handle.
“I can guarantee that ‘The Kashmir Files Unreported’ will shatter your heart but the intention is so that we learn from history, and we develop a temperament of zero tolerance for terrorism and we stand up for humanity and our own people.”
Producer Pallavi Joshi added: “Our movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ was made after extensive research of 4 years. The deep pain and agony that the Kashmiri Pundit community went through when they shared it with us, it was very difficult for us to listen to their horror stories not just because we were so impacted by the grief and the pain they have gone through but also because we started feeling very small, realising that this story not made known to us by the government, administration, media and others.
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“When we made ‘The Kashmir Files’, it was a three-hour-long film, yet it was only the tip of the iceberg. And when a section of the society started saying that this is untrue and a propaganda film, we realised that the truth in its true and naked form needs to come out in front of the people. So here we are presenting ‘The Kashmir Files Unreported’, which shows you the extensive research we have gone through, and you can hear the stories of unimaginable horror and terror that these pundits have gone through, from the horses’ mouth.
“So, it’s a series that every Indian should watch for every Indian needs to know what Kashmir means to India and how it is an intrinsic part of our country and will continue to remain so”.
As seen in the trailer, the narrative is captured via conversations with historians, experts, real life victims and their families.
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Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer, ZEE5 Global said: "What sets 'The Kashmir Files Unreported' apart now is its strong exploration of real-life anecdotes, survivor testimonies, and archived footage that make this an intense and gripping watch. We are committed to meeting the growing content appetite of our global audiences and to bringing them relevant and compelling stories that resonate."
*Info: ZEE5 Global; ‘The Kashmir Files Unreported’
