Veteran actress Asha Parekh Slams ‘Vivek Agnihotri over lack of financial support for Hindus in Jammu
Veteran actress Asha Parekh
Slams ‘Vivek Agnihotri over
lack of financial support for Hindus in Jammu
Asha Parekh raises concerns over lack of financial support for Hindus in Jammu by the makers of The Kashmir Files a Vivek Agnihotri directorial and produced by him in association with Abhishek Agarwal Arts and Zee Studio.
Veteran actor Asha Parekh hit out at the makers of 2022
The Kashmir Files, for not donating a part of their earnings to help Hindus living ‘sans water and electricity’ in Jammu and Kashmir.
In the midst of her interview with a news channel, when the veteran actress was asked if she had watched ‘controversial’ films such as The Kashmir Files and The Kerala Story (2023), both of which did well at the box office to which she responded to which, she asked the actor what had people gained from such films.
The actress continued that she
hasn’t watched these films, so she can’t comment on the controversies surrounding them. But if people like watching these films, then they need to watch.
About The Kashmir Files and its huge box office collection, Asha Parekh further asked how much money did the makers donate towards the welfare of the Hindus living in Jammu without access to water and electricity.
If the producers earned ₹200 crore out of the film’s ₹400 crore collection, they could have donated ₹50 crore to help Kashmiri Hindus, right?”
The Kashmir Files features Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Puneet Issar, Darshan Kumar, Prakash Belawadi, Mrinal Kulkarni, and Chinmay Mandlekar in key roles.
It is broadly based on true events amid the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley around 1990.
As per a 2022 report
The Kashmir Files was made on a budget of around ₹20 crore and grossed ₹295 crore in India alone.
News Edit K.V.Raman
