The Kashmir Files Movie Review and Rating

PLOT: The film depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits during the Kashmir Insurgency.

The Kashmir Files is a historical drama film written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. It is produced by Zee Studios.

Star Cast:
Anupam Kher as Pushkar Nath Pandit
Mithun Chakraborty as Brahma Dutt IAS
Darshan Kumar as Krishna Pandit
Pallavi Joshi as Radhika Menon
Chinmay Mandlekar as Farooq Ahmed Dar (Bitta Karate)
Prakash Belawadi as Dr. Mahesh Kumar
Puneet Issar as DGP Hari Narain
Bhasha Sumbli as Sharda Pandit
Sourav Verma as Afzal
Mrinal Kulkarni as Laxmi Dutt
Atul Srivastava as Vishnu Ram
Prithviraj Sarnaik
Amaan Iqbal as Karan Pandit

MOVIE REVIEW: Broken souls don`t speak… they must be heard! Five lakh Kashmiri Pandits had to leave everything behind in 1990 when Kashmir echoed under the announcements of Ralive, Tsaliv, Galive (Convert to Islam, leave the place or die?)

The Kashmir Files is a hard-hitting and remarkable film that tells the brutally honest and unfiltered truth about the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus. The endless tales of human suffering and torture must be watched by every Indian. The storyline is simple and engrossing, it is the unvarnished truth and shows exactly what happened to the Kashmiri Pandits and the fate they met at the hands of Islamic terrorists. The film is very well directed and has power-packed performances by all the actors.

The story revolves around Pushker Nath Pandit played brilliantly by Anupam Kher. He puts his soul into his performance, this is one of the finest performances of his career. Other impressive performances came from Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar, Bhasha Sumbli, and Chinmay Mandlekar. All other supporting casts have played their roles effectively.

The film is engaging and has some heart-wrenching and disturbing visuals that will stay with you forever. There’s a scene where a telecom engineer gets brutally shot multiple times as he hides in a rice barrel. His wife is force-fed rice soaked in her husband’s blood. In another scene, an alive woman was cut apart into pieces by the sharp saw, right from the middle of her body.

Director Vivek Agnihotri recreates the massacre at Nadimarg village near Shopian in Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, Hindus are shot at point-blank range one by one. 24 Hindus were killed on that fateful 2003 night when terrorists came calling, dressed in Army fatigues.
There was pin-drop silence in the theater after the climax scenes.

The Kashmir Files Movie Rating:
Direction 4.5/5
Acting 4.5/5
Editing 3/5
Story 4/5
Screenplay 4/5
Overall Hit ya Flop Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars (Must Watch)

Ralive, Tsaliv, Galive. These words echo in your mind for a long time after watching the film, one can only imagine what it must have done to those who lived their days and nights threatened by it.

Highly Recommended