A few days after he became headlines for his reaction to Anurag Kashyap’s comment that Kashmir’s files should not be sent to Oscar, the film maker Vivek Agnihotri had talked about his film which was criticized by Dylan Mohan Gray. The new Canadian film maker is tweeted that Kashmir’s files are ‘Hat Waste’ and will be ’embarrassing for India’ if sent to Oscar. Now, Vivek reacts by saying how ‘someone sitting in Canada’ can see the film from the start. Vivek added that he might not be a great filmmaker, but he understood politics
Recently, Dylan said that Kashmir’s files are ‘garbage that does not have artistic advantages’ and adds that Anurag Kashyap is true in trying to preserve what is left from the good name of India, when he expressed hope that the film was not chosen as an official entry India to the upcoming Oscar. Responding to Vivek Agnihotri’s tweet about Anurag’s comments, Dylan tweeted on August 17, “Yes, in fact (hatemering, revisionist) waste without artistic benefits and will be further shame for India if ‘chosen’ by the ‘neutral’ council Anurag .. . Anurag Kashyap only tried to preserve what was left from the country’s good name. “Dylan has made Netflix Docu-Series Bad Boy Indian billionaire released in 2020.
When asked about Dylan’s comments, Vivek told Etyimimes in this new interview, “This is all lobbying and politics. My political sharpness is better than most filmmakers. Itna credit anyway mujhe do (please give me a lot of credit). I might not be a great filmmaker but I understand politics. Tell me, how does someone sit in Canada watching my film? That means someone lobbies. “
In his original tweet that Dylan responded, Vivek had written that ‘Bollywood genosida-genocida lobby’ had started a campaign against his film. He has shared screenshots from a news article that quoted Anurag and had been tweeted, “Important: The fierce lobby of the genocida-Denier in Bollywood has started their campaign against Kashmir files for Oscar, under the leadership of Dobaaraa (Anurag).”
Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, Kashmir’s files featured Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi, Mithun Chakraborty and Darshan Kumar in the main role. The film was opened for various reviews and appeared as one of the leading Hindi films this year. This is the only Hindi film that crosses the ₹ 300-Crore barrier since Pandemi Covid-19.