The Kashmir Files

Based on a true tragedy, the emotionally triggering film sheds light on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus), a religious minority in the 1990s Kashmir valley, who were compelled to flee their homes by the Islamic militants.

A film that splits sharply along the line of what critics think film's job is: sympathetic reviewers found it an emotionally intense, well-researched account of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus, anchored by Anupam Kher's performance, while a majority of critics dismissed it as one-sided propaganda that exploits Pandit suffering to stoke anti-Muslim sentiment rather than illuminate a complex history. The gulf between critic consensus and popular audience enthusiasm is enormous and is itself the defining fact about the film's reception.