Following his 2018 offering on the death of Indian politician Lal Bahadur Shastri, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri delves into another political offering. The Kashmir Files, backed by a powerful cast including Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, and Darshan Kumaar, sheds light on the killing of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990.

Agnihotri tells mid-day, “The biggest challenge in making this film was that nobody wants to finance a film that can [lead to] controversy. But, somebody has to do it. We want cinema to become the brand ambassador of India. This [is the kind of] cinema that takes the cause forward.  The biggest compliment that we are receiving is that this is the most balanced and honest film on the subject,” he says of the response he’s received from audiences following several screenings in the US.