Vivek Agnihotri sends approved uncover to Mamata Banerjee for defaming The Kashmir Files
On Tuesday (May 9), film director Vivek Agnihotri despatched a approved uncover to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her defamatory remarks about his movie ‘The Kashmir Files.’ A reproduction of the uncover was posted by him on his official Twitter cope with.
“For the reasons best known to you alone, when the movie was released on 11-03-2022, you made statements before media, which was telecasted and broadcasted on several television channels and newspapers, wherein you called said movie a “conspiracy” and that it is largely fiction and deliberate,” the uncover study.
It extra stated, “You had tweeted the same and also made a statement on the floor of the assembly without taking the name of the movie. You further stated that the movie is funded and created and that there is a conspiracy to create unrest. You also urged the people not to watch the movie.”
The approved uncover despatched by Vivek Agnihotri recognized that the statements made by Mamata Banerjee prompted grave hurt to the standing of the director and impacted the income of the movie.
BREAKING:
I’ve, alongwith @AbhishekOfficl & Pallavi Joshi, despatched a LEGAL NOTICE to the Chief Minister, Bengal @MamataOfficial for her false & extraordinarily defamatory statements made with malafide intention to defame us & our motion pictures #TheKashmirFiles & upcoming 2024 film #TheDelhiFiles. pic.twitter.com/G2SjX67UOB
— Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) May 9, 2023
It added how the director was abused and threatened with FIRs by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers following the announcement of his 2024 movie ‘The Delhi Files.’ It moreover highlighted the cancellation of the e-book signing event of Vivek Agnihotri in Kolkata.
In his approved uncover, Vivek Agnihotri acknowledged that Mamata Banerjee made baseless allegations about his movie being funded by the BJP and that she has falsely accused him of defaming Kashmiri of us.
“With stroke of single statement made by you, all the hard work, commitment, truthfulness of my clients and appreciation received by them has got damaged bringing bad name to movie and my clients and the same is irreparable,” it emphasised.
The approved uncover sought each authenticated proof from Mamata Banerjee to substantiate her claims or an unconditional apology and withdrawal of her defamatory statements.
The Background of the Controversy
On Monday (May 8), West Bengal CM courted controversy by labelling ‘The Kashmir Files’ and ‘The Kerala Story’ as ‘distorted movies.’
During a press conference at Nabanna (State Secretariat), she claimed, “If the political party play with fire, casteism or divide and rule…Why this “Kashmir Files’? To humiliate one section. What is this Kerala File? Though I do not support the CPI (M) because they are working with BJP.”
“I am talking about the people…Instead of me, it was their duty (CPIM) to criticise it…That BJP is showing ‘The Kerala Files’…A distorted story,” Banerjee brazened it out.
The West Bengal CM went on to allege that the movie’s cast was sponsored by the BJP, which received right here to Bengal to promote ‘The Kerala Story’. She instructed that movie makers haven’t any qualms about making Kashmir Files and supposedly ‘condemning’ Kashmiri of us.
“What is the fault of people? We respect each and everybody. That is our Constitution. Now they are defaming the Kerala people and State. Their narrative is to defame the Bengal also,” Mamata Banerjee concluded.
The demonisation of ‘The Kashmir Files’
‘The Kashmir Files’ film takes viewers once more to 1989, when ensuing from rising Islamic Jihad, an unlimited battle erupted in Kashmir, forcing the Kashmiri Hindus to flee the valley.
Ever as a result of the movie hit the theatres, it received right here beneath assault from the left-liberal cabal and politicians accused of minority appeasement. They sought to denigrate the movie and time interval the real-life incidents showcased in it as a result of the figment of the director’s creativeness.
