Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri now part of the Raj Kapoor Lifetime and Special Contribution award Committee

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri's 'The Kashmir Files' has become a talking point in the country. While the jury at the recently concluded International Film Festival of India had called the film a vulgar, propaganda movie, the Indian Television Awards (ITA) recently honored it as the Golden Film of Indian Cinema. In the meantime, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri has been appointed as an expert (Non-Government) member of the Raj Kapoor Lifetime and Special Contribution award Committee as per the order issued by the state's cultural affairs department.

While expressing his thankful gesture, the director shared on his social media, "Thank you @TheITA_Official for giving Golden award to #TheKashmirFiles. “This is people’s film. I m just the medium. We dedicate this award to all Kashmiri Hindu victims of Genocide (sic).”

He added, "This award for #TheKashmirFiles being honoured as the Golden Film of Indian cinema is dedicated to all the victims of religious terrorism. @TheITA_Official #KashmirHinduGenocide (sic)."

Moreover, the director also shared his delight for 'The Kashmir Files' being featured on the official Golden Globes website, writing, "#TheKashmirFiles features on official @goldenglobes site. But official GOI Indian Awards #IFFI call it #PnV. The Kashmir Files (India) | Golden Globes."

Acclaimed Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, who was part of the jury at IFFI, Goa, had stated that The Kashmir Files felt like a vulgar propaganda movie, inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such a prestigious film festival. The foreign jurors had backed the filmmaker and stated that they stood by Nadav Lapid.

Vivek Agnihotri has now started the shooting of his next, 'The Vaccine War' which is scheduled to release on 15th August 2023, Independence day, and will be released in 10 plus languages including Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Gujrati, Marathi, and Bengali.

The film is produced by Pallavi Joshi from the 'I Am Buddha foundation', an independent film production house.