Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files releases today all over India

Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files has finally been released today, March 11, all over India. The film had to face many legal issues before hitting the cinemas.

The Kashmir Files, starring Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi, has been released all over India as scheduled on March 11. The film had to go through many legal hassles before it hit the cinemas. Earlier, a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed against the film stating that the trailer of the film seemed to depict that the movie was about Muslims killing the Kashmiri Pandits thereby hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community. However, it was dismissed by the Bombay High Court. The Kashmir Files is based on the lives of Kashmiri Pandits and is inspired by true events.

Later, martyred Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna’s wife filed a complaint against the film. A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, March 10, a day before the release of the film, restrained the promoters of The Kashmir Files film from showing scenes depicting late IAF Squadron Leader Ravi Kanna in the movie which will be released on Friday. The order came after Nirmal Khanna, wife of the Indian Air Force officer, approached the court seeking removal or amendment of scenes depicting her husband claiming it was contrary to facts.

The order came after Nirmal Khanna, wife of the Indian Air Force officer, approached the court seeking removal or amendment of scenes depicting her husband claiming it was contrary to facts. Ravi Khanna was one of the 4 IAF personnel shot dead in Srinagar on January 25, 1990, allegedly by a group led by Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik.

The court order did not hinder the release of The Kashmir Files, which was slated to hit theatres on March 11.

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