The Kashmir Files
2022 Hindi film by Vivek Agnihotri
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| August 24 2023 | Pallavi Joshi won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'The Kashmir Files'. |
| August 24 2023 | Vivek Agnihotri won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for 'The Kashmir Files'. |
| May 26 2023 | At the IIFA Awards, the film received nominations for Best Actor (Anupam Kher) and Best Story (Vivek Agnihotri). |
| April 27 2023 | The film was nominated for multiple Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Vivek Agnihotri), Best Actor (Anupam Kher), Best Supporting Actor (Darshan Kumar and Mithun Chakraborty), Best Screenplay, and Best Editing. |
| January 19 2023 | The film was re-released in theaters. |
| 2022 | In Uttarakhand's Roorkee region, people claimed the film motivated them to perceive local Muslims as threats and inspired a combative stance towards them. |
| 2022 | During Ram Navami riots, The Kashmir Files was cited as playing a role in inspiring communal tensions, with scenes from the film being recreated in Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, including a violent scene with a makeshift saw and a provocative slogan. |
| 2022 | The Kashmir Files won two awards at the 69th National Film Awards: Best Feature Film on National Integration and Best Supporting Actress for Pallavi Joshi. |
| 2022 | The film received 7 nominations at the 68th Filmfare Awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Vivek Agnihotri, Best Actor for Anupam Kher, and Best Supporting Actor for Darshan Kumar and Mithun Chakraborty. |
| November 2022 | Nadav Lapid, as chief juror, publicly criticized the film during the festival's closing speech, describing it as 'vulgar propaganda' and an 'inappropriate submission' that shocked jury members. |
| November 2022 | The film was screened at the 53rd International Film Festival of India in Goa, where it was part of the Indian Panorama section and failed to win any awards. |
| June 2022 | Director Vivek Agnihotri gave an interview to The New Yorker discussing the film's initial release strategy and box office performance. |
| May 13 2022 | The Kashmir Files premiered on ZEE5 for worldwide streaming, available in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Indian Sign Language. This marked the first time ZEE5 released a commercial Bollywood film with an Indian Sign Language interpretation. |
| April 2022 | By the end of April, the film became the third highest grossing Hindi film of 2022, crossing significant box office milestones post-COVID-19 pandemic. |
| March 18 2022 | Movie screens further expanded to 4,000 following successful first week performance. |
| March 13 2022 | Movie screens were increased to 2,000 after strong initial audience response. |
| March 11 2022 | The Kashmir Files was released in theaters, initially in 400 screens, competing with Radhe Shyam on the same day. |
| March 11 2022 | The Kashmir Files was first released in over 630 screens across India. |
| March 11 2022 | The Kashmir Files was released in theatres, depicting the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir through a fictional storyline. |
| March 9 2022 | The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) passed the film uncut with a 15 classification, noting 'strong bloody violence, threat, brief scene of sexual humiliation'. |
| January 26 2022 | Initially planned theatrical release on India's Republic Day was postponed due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. |
| January 16 2021 | The film production was completed, having been shot over 30 days primarily in Mussoorie and Dehradun, with an additional week-long shooting schedule in Kashmir, including at Dal Lake. |
| 2020 | Krishna, Pushkar Nath Pandit's grandson, travels to Kashmir to scatter his grandfather's ashes and learns the truth about his family's tragic history during the Pandit exodus. |
| December 2020 | Film production restarted in Mussoorie after the COVID-19 delay. Yograj Singh was removed from the project before production began, and Puneet Issar was brought in as a replacement. |
| March 2020 | The first film schedule was initially planned for March but was called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. |
| December 2019 | Actor Anupam Kher joined the cast as the lead actor of the film. |
| August 14 2019 | Vivek Agnihotri announced the film 'The Kashmir Files' with its first look poster, initially planning to release on 15 August 2020 for India's Independence Day. The film focuses on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the late 80s and early 90s. |
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