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'''''The Kashmir Files''''' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language [[drama film]]<ref name=BBFC/> written and directed by [[Vivek Agnihotri]]. Produced by [[Zee Studios]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-08 |title=Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files to CLASH with Prabhas-starrer Radhe Shyam on March 11 : Bollywood News |website=Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/vivek-agnihotris-kashmir-files-clash-prabhas-starrer-radhe-shyam-march-11/ |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref> the film is based on the [[exodus of Kashmiri Pandits]] during the [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|Kashmir Insurgency]].<ref>{{cite news |date=1 January 2020 |title=Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files to go on floors next month |publisher=[[Cinema Express]] |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/jan/01/vivek-agnihotris-the-kashmir-files-to-go-on-floors-next-month-16315.html |access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref> It stars [[Anupam Kher]], [[Darshan Kumar]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Pallavi Joshi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Negi |first=Shrishti |date=2022-03-09 |title=The Kashmir Files Producer Pallavi Joshi: Am I Making the Film for Hindu Rashtra? I'm Just Telling a Story |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/the-kashmir-files-producer-pallavi-joshi-am-i-making-the-film-for-hindu-rashtra-im-just-telling-a-story-4854995.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=News18}}</ref> Reviews were mixed; positive ones praised cast performances and realist depictions of the events while the negative ones found the film to be unnuanced and revisionist propaganda.
 
The film was initially set to release theatrically worldwide on 26 January 2022, coinciding with [[Republic Day|India's Republic Day]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty's 'The Kashmir Files' to release on Republic Day 2022|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2021/nov/19/anupam-kher-mithun-chakrabortys-the-kashmir-files-to-release-on-republic-day-2022-2385617|date=19 November 2021|work=The New Indian Express |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> but was postponed due to the [[SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant|Omicron variant]] spread,<ref name="post:bh">{{Cite web |date=10 January 2022 |title=Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's 'The Kashmir Files' release postponed amid rising COVID-19 cases|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/vivek-ranjan-agnihotris-kashmir-files-release-postponed-amid-rising-covid-19-cases/|access-date=10 January 2022 |work=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> and finally theatrically released on 11 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 February 2022 |title=Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files to CLASH with Prabhas-starrer Radhe Shyam on March 11|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/vivek-agnihotris-kashmir-files-clash-prabhas-starrer-radhe-shyam-march-11/|access-date=8 February 2022 |work=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> The film faced two legal cases before its release, one of which led to a court order restraining certain scenes.<ref name="IT releases today" /> It was declared tax-free in [[Haryana]],<ref name="ANI tax-free">{{Cite news|date=11 March 2022|title='The Kashmir Files' film declared tax-free in Haryana|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/the-kashmir-files-film-declared-tax-free-in-haryana20220311221608|url-status=live|access-date=11 March 2022|website=[[Asian News International]]}}</ref> [[Madhya Pradesh]],<ref name="TOI Madhya Pradesh">{{Cite news|date=13 March 2022|title='The Kashmir Files' becomes tax-free in Madhya Pradesh|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/the-kashmir-files-gets-tax-break-in-mp/articleshow/90187829.cms|url-status=live|access-date=13 March 2022|website=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Gujarat]],<ref name="TOI Gujarat">{{Cite news|date=13 March 2022|title=Anupam Kher starrer 'The Kashmir Files' gets tax-free in Gujarat|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/anupam-kher-starrer-the-kashmir-files-gets-tax-free-in-gujarat/articleshow/90183117.cms|url-status=live|access-date=12 March 2022|website=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> and [[Karnataka]].<ref name="DH tax-free">{{Cite news|date=13 March 2022|title='The Kashmir Files' to be tax-free in Karnataka|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/the-kashmir-files-to-be-tax-free-in-karnataka-1090965.html|url-status=live|access-date=13 March 2022|website=[[Deccan Hearld]]}}</ref>
 
==Plot==