"RRR Should Be Nominated For Oscars, Not The Kashmir Files" - Anurag Kashyap

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AUGUST 18,2022

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap who is busy promoting his upcoming mystery-thriller Dobaaraa has been a hot topic in Bollywood controversies lately. in a recent interview, the director gave his two cents about which Indian movie should be nominated or awarded an Oscar. Choosing Pan-India blockuster RRR over The Kashmir Files, not only the director made yet another controversial statement, but also triggered Vivek Agnihotri.

Speaking about RRR, Anurag Kashyap mentioned how the Ram Charan - Jr. NTR starrer is perceived in the West. 'The West sees RRRdifferently than how we see it, and they've lovedRRR. IfRRRbecomes the India selection, 99#37 it might get nominated for the Academy Award. That is the impact thatRRRhas had in the world of Hollywood. India might actually have a nomination in the final five, ifRRRis the film that we pick. I don't know what film anybody is going to pick. I hope notKashmir Files,' he said.

After him mentioning about The Kashmir Files, a rather piqued Vivek Agnihotri who is the director of the movie, took to Twitter to convey how displeased he was.

Captioning the same, he wrote, 'IMPORTANT: The vicious, GENOCIDE-DENIER lobby of Bollywood has started their campaign against #TheKashmirFiles for #Oscars, under the leadership of the maker of #Dobaaraa".

For the unversed, The Kashmir Files highlights the issues of the valley and on the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Hindus. On the work front, Anurag Kashyap's Dobaaraa starring Taapsee Pannu and Pavail Gulati in the lead will be releasing on August 19 in the cinemas near you. The

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