Breaking his silence on the recent controversy around The Kashmir Files, Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid has said that someone needed to speak up in "countries that are increasingly losing the ability to speak your mind or speak the truth".
Speaking to YNet, Lapid, who was the head of the jury at the 53rd International Film Festival of India, further said, "When I saw this movie, I couldn’t help but imagine its Israeli equivalent, which doesn’t exist but could definitely exist. So, I felt I had to, because I come from a place that is itself not reformed, and is itself on the way to these," according to바카라 웹사이트
Lapid confessed to feeling "apprehensive" before calling the Vivek Agnihotri-directed movie a "vulgar and propaganda" film.바카라 웹사이트
Speaking to YNet, he said,바카라 웹사이트"It is not an easy position, because you are a guest, I am the president of the jury here, you are treated very nicely. And then you come and attack the festival. There was apprehension, and there was discomfort. I didn’t know what the dimensions would be, so I did it with some apprehension. Yes, I spent the day apprehensive. Let라이브 바카라 put it this way: I’m happy to be on my way to the airport now."
Lapid landed in controversy after he made negative remarks on the Bollywood film following which he received a lot of flak from directors, actors and people on social media.바카라 웹사이트In his speech at the closing ceremony of IFFI 2022, Lapid said on Monday that he was "disturbed and shocked" to see the film being screened at the film festival.바카라 웹사이트
Responding to Lapid's comments, filmmaker Agnihotri put up a video바카라 웹사이트on social media, saying, "What was surprising was that a terrorist라이브 바카라 narrative was given a platform at an event organised by the Indian government, and Indians living in India used this narrative against their own country."
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Additionally,바카라 웹사이트Israeli envoy to India Naor Gilon slammed him for 'abusing' India's Invitation as the jury head for the festival.바카라 웹사이트Gilon said that he should be "ashamed" as he had "abused in the worst way" the Indian invitation to him to chair the panel of judges at the film festival.
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Israel's Consul General to Midwest India Kobbi Shoshani said on Tuesday that debate around the film will bring India and Isreal closer바카라 웹사이트while distancing himself and the state from바카라 웹사이트Lapid's remarks.
Shoshani, who shared the dais with actor Anupam Kher at a press conference, said The Kashmir Files바카라 웹사이트is not propaganda but a "strong movie" that gives place to the sufferings of the people of Kashmir.
Kher, part of the ensemble cast of The Kashmir Files, agreed, saying the controversy over Lapid terming the film "vulgar" and "propaganda" has brought India and Israel closer.
