Mohit Bansal Chandigarh shares horrifying story of Kashmiri Pandits. They were uprooted and forced to leave the valley 30 years ago.

1. THE KASHMIR
FILES
Horrifying story of Kashmiri Pandits

2. It’s been 10 days since the
release of the movie, The
Kashmir files and it’s trending all
over India. The movie with no
big Bollywood star, as the main
lead has achieved the success
that most of the Bollywood
movies die for. The reason for
its success is the reality and
originality of the story. It is
about the struggles of the
Pandits in Kashmir in the 1990s.
I got to know about the movie
through an article and the
thought popped up about how
the movie is not promoted on
television or social media. And
this compelled me to watch the
movie as soon as possible. After
watching the movie, I had a
burst of mixed reactions. The
movie projects the miseries of
Kashmiri Pandits through the
blood-curdling story of Pushkar
Nath Pandit and his grandson,
Krishna Pandit.

3. .
The movie makes its audience aware of the term “Genocide”.
Genocide is the purposeful killing of a large population of a
specific nation in order to disrupt a nation while being patriotic
for the other one. This movie depicts the killing of Indians in
Kashmir, especially the Pandits and their families, that is, their
women and children. .
We, as the audience, face the confusion, just like Krishna Pandit,
whether the genocide happened or not. It shows how one is not
sure about the events if one is not present when the event is
taking place. Some people are present around us, who try to
manipulate situations and that is shown through Krishna’s
teacher, Radhika Menon. But at the same time, supporters of
Pushkar Nath are also present in the movie like his four friends.

4. The movie makes us more curious about article 370. Article 370
gives Jammu and Kashmir the liberty to make an independent
Constitution. The people can make their laws, they get the
freedom to disrespect the Indian flag, and the women in Kashmir
were not allowed to marry Indians, outside Kashmir. And the
movie talks about the repercussions of this law demanding the
removal of article 370.
Other than all these situations, the Kashmir files, also represent
the condition of the Indian women at that period. For example, in
the opening scenes of the movie, the villain Bitta, asks a woman
and her children to stay in Kashmir while asking her to tell her
husband to leave Kashmir. All these were known to us but
watching all that on-screen is a different level of scary.
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5. ‘The Kashmir Files’ is a
movie, that presents brutal
violence which is in its
truest form. The movie has
scenes of murders and
killings, tortures, and
harassment, violence
against women and
children, religious forceful
violations, etc. The movie is
mentally traumatizing.
A person looking for a
happy ending movie should
not watch the movie. But I
would recommend you
watch the movie for its
facts. The movie is
important to gain of
Kashmir other than its
beauty and landscapes. The
movie should be watched
for its brutal honesty and
reality and horrifying
consequences over the
Kashmiri Pandits. I assure
you that it is going to make
you cry and leave you with a
lot of arising questions.