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== Litigation ==
A [[public interest litigation]] (PIL) was filed by an Uttar Pradesh resident<ref name="IT releases today">{{Cite news |last=Keshri |first=Shweta |date=11 March 2022 |title=Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files releases today all over India |work=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/vivek-agnihotri-s-the-kashmir-files-releases-today-all-over-india-1924274-2022-03-11}}</ref> which sought a stay on the film's release on grounds that the film may portray the Muslims as killers of the Kashmiri pandits, presenting what it described as a one sided view that would hurt the sentiments of Muslims and could trigger [[Violence against Muslims in India|violence against Muslims]].<ref name="IT plea dismissed">{{Cite web |last=Vidya |date=8 March 2022 |title=Plea against The Kashmir Files dismissed by Bombay High Court |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/plea-against-the-kashmir-files-dismissed-by-bombay-high-court-1922316-2022-03-08 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=India Today}}</ref> The PIL was dismissed by a Bombay High Court on technical grounds.<ref name="IT plea dismissed" /> Another lawsuit was filed by the widow of an Indian Armed Forces squadron leader who died during the Kashmir Insurgency. The widow's lawsuit said that the film portrayed a false depiction of events vis-a-vis the husband and sought a stay on its release. Accordingly, the court restrained the makers from showing relevant scenes.<ref name="IT court stays">{{Cite web |last=Dipali |first=Patel |date=10 March 2022 |title=Court stays release of Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/court-stays-release-of-vivek-agnihotri-s-the-kashmir-files-1923950-2022-03-10 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=India Today}}</ref>
 
==The Kapil Sharma Show and The Kashmir Files controversy==
 
[[Vivek Agnihotri]] , director of The Kashmir Files, recently tweeted that Kapil Sharma had been denied promotion of his film. Vivek wanted to promote his film in Kapil's show. He has claimed that the film was rejected due to lack of big star cast. He further said that no one asks non-star directors and good actors in Bollywood. Vivek Agnihotri had spoken on the user's tweet reply.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-03-12|title=As ‘Boycott Kapil Sharma’ trends, comedian responds to claim he didn’t invite Vivek Agnihotri’s Kashmir Files team
|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/boycott-kapil-sharma-trends-comedian-responds-to-claim-he-didnt-invite-vivek-agnihotri-the-kashmir-files-7813291/ |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314200814/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/boycott-kapil-sharma-trends-comedian-responds-to-claim-he-didnt-invite-vivek-agnihotri-the-kashmir-files-7813291/ |archive-date=2022-03-14|access-date=2022-03-14|website= [[The Indian Express]] }}</ref> [[Anupam Kher]] clarified reply on news channel show- 'I must be honest, I must say here that I got a call from Kapil's side. I then told my manager Harman that man, this film is a big serial, I cannot go into it. So I want to put my point here. This was about two months ago. He had said that you come, so I thought whenever I went on his show, it was a funny show, which is very difficult to do.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-03-14|title=Anupam Kher breaks silence on The Kapil Sharma Show and The Kashmir Files controversy: ‘don’t want to be part of the show…’
|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/anupam-kher-breaks-silence-on-the-kapil-sharma-show-and-the-kashmir-files-controversy-dont-want-to-be-part-of-the-show-article-90208957 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314201041/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/anupam-kher-breaks-silence-on-the-kapil-sharma-show-and-the-kashmir-files-controversy-dont-want-to-be-part-of-the-show-article-90208957 |archive-date=2022-03-14|access-date=2022-03-14|website= [[Times Now]] }}</ref>
 
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