New Delhi: Director Vivek Agnihotri's film 'The Kashmir Files', will now release on its scheduled date March 11, after the Bombay High Court refused a petition to stop the release of the highly-anticipated film.
Vivek Agnihotri expressed hi relief and happiness over the Court's decision through a tweet that read, "Thank you everyone for your prayers, love and support. Now bless this very small film about the biggest tragedy to release peacefully."
The film, based on the true stories of the victims of the Kashmir genocide, stars Pallavi Joshi, Prakash Belavadi, Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar, Bhasha Sumbali, Chinmay Mandlekar, Puneet Issar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Atul Srivastava and Prithviraj Sarnaik.
Talking about the film, director Vivek Agnihotri said that sketching the film for the celluloid was not an easy task, "Bringing the story of the Kashmir genocide to the big screen is no easy feat and has to be handled with a great deal of sensitivity. This film promises to be an eye-opener and with a talented ensemble cast, audiences can revisit this incident in Indian history through this raw and real narrative."
Recently, director Vivek Agnihotri expressed his disappointment over not being invited to comedian Kapil Sharma's 'The Kapil Sharma Show', for promoting 'The Kashmir Files'.
After a fan expressed his desire to see the cast of the much-anticipated film on the chat show, Vivek Agnihotri tweeted, "I don’t get to decide who should be invited on the show. It’s his and his producers choice whom he wants to invite. As far as Bollywood is concerned, I’d say what once Mr. Bachchan was quoted saying about Gandhis: वो राजा हैं हम रंक…"