Nadav Lapid: Actress Swara Bhasker has stood up for IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid after Anupam Kher, Vivek Agnihotri, and Ranvir Shorey slammed him for his remarks about The Kashmir Files. She took to Twitter to respond to a news story about his speech at the International Film Festival of India’s closing ceremony.
Swara Bhasker defends Nadav Lapid
After the nationwide criticism to Nadav Lapid’s comment on The Kashmir Files, Swara Bhasker has shared her two cents on it. The news article went with the headline: ‘Kashmir Files’ a ‘vulgar propaganda movie’, unfit for event like IFFI: Jury chairman Nadav Lapid’. Sharing it on Twitter, Swara Bhasker wrote on Tuesday, “Apparently it’s pretty clear to the world …”
What Nadav Lapid said
Nadav said at the closing ceremony of the festival in Goa on Monday, “I would like to thank the head of the festival and the director of the programming for the cinematic richness of the programme, for its diversity, for its complexity. It was intense. We saw seven films in the debutant competition, and 15 films in the international competition, the front window of the festival. 14 out of them had cinematic qualities, defaults and evoked vivid discussions.”
Naming The Kashmir Files, he further said, “All of us were disturbed and shocked by the 15th film, The Kashmir Files. That felt like a propaganda, vulgar movie, inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such a prestigious film festival. I feel totally comfortable to openly share these feelings here with you on this stage. In the spirit of this festival, can surely also accept a critical discussion, which is essential for art and life.”
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