Following The Kashmir Files’ eligibility for the Oscars in 2023, Bollywood director Vivek Agnihotri is beaming with happiness and enthusiasm. For the Best Actors category, the Kashmir Files actors made the shortlist. However, director Hansal Mehta poked fun at it all.
The Kashmir Files, a movie by filmmaker Agnihotri, was a commercial success and earned mixed reviews when it was released last March. Let me make this plain – that filmmaker who is saying his polarising picture has been “shortlisted” for the Oscars is LYING,” wrote Hansal Mehta in a piece that was previously tweeted by New York-based columnist-writer Aseem Chhabra. Only his film has achieved Oscar qualification. Any movie that has a short run in Los Angeles is eligible. You are a genocide-denying anti-national, Hansal Mehta responded in a tweet.
Given that The Kashmir Files is one of the 301 movies that have been determined to meet the requirements for Oscar eligibility, a few fans rejoiced and also praised the team. Others ridiculed Vivek and criticised him for promoting his movie.
