Director Vivek Agnihotri is in high spirits after his film The Kashmir Files reception by the audience across the country. The exodus drama based on true events in 1990, has been performing extremely well at the box office breaking all records set by big budget films of Bollywood.
Taking to Twitter, film analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, ” #TheKashmirFiles is a ONE-HORSE RACE… Day 9 [Sat] is HIGHER than *all 8 days*… Trending like #Baahubali2 in *Weekend 2*… There’s a *strong possibility* of hitting ₹ 28 cr – ₹ 30 cr today [Day 10]… [Week 2] Fri 19.15 cr, Sat 24.80 cr. Total: ₹ 141.25 cr. #India biz.”
The film is based on video interviews of the first generation victims of the Kashmir Genocide of the Kashmiri Pandit Community. The film actually portrays the pains, sufferings and trauma of Kashmiri pandits who were either forced to convert, leave their home or die.
The film has been written and helmed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri and produced by Zee Studios. It features Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumaar, Pallavi Joshi, Puneet Issar and Chinmay Mandlekar. The film was released on March 11.