Vivek Agnihotri:The Kashmir Files is not just a film but an emotion and a movement

National, 18th April 2022: ZEE5, India’s largest home-grown video streaming platform, will soon premiere people’s blockbuster film, ‘The Kashmir Files’. The exodus drama recently became the first Hindi film to cross the ₹250-crore-mark at the box office and broke all records in the post-pandemic era. Now with its world digital premiere set on ZEE5, the movie will soon be accessible in across 190+ countries in multiple languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.

Produced by Zee Studios and Tej Narayan Agarwal, Abhishek Agarwal, Pallavi Joshi and Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, ‘The Kashmir Files’ is written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri and features a stellar and talented cast of actors including Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumaar, Pallavi Joshi and Chinmay Mandlekar.

Living up to its title, ‘The Kashmir Files’ is a true story, based on video interviews of the first-generation victims of The Kashmir Genocide of Kashmiri Pandit Community. It’s a heart-wrenching narrative of the pain, suffering, struggle and trauma of Kashmiri pandits and questions eye-opening facts about democracy, religion, politics and humanity. The movie garnered positive response from critics and fans alike and even struck an emotional chord with many including superstars like Aamir Khan and Akshaye Kumar among others.

On the exclusive premiere of ‘The Kashmir Files’ on ZEE5, Mr. Manish Kalra, Chief Business officer, ZEE5 India said,

 At ZEE5 we are building a platform that empowers its audiences as much as it entertains them. We are always looking for real, relatable stories to connect with the Indian audience. Over the last few years, we have accelerated and expanded our offerings while partnering with the best of talent and content creators to design a slate that makes us the platform of choice for entertainment seekers. The Kashmir Files has received a massive response from the audiences, and we are happy to bring it exclusively on ZEE5, making it accessible to millions of Indians.

Director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri said, 

The Kashmir Files is not just a film but an emotion and a movement. I am glad that the theatrical release received such overwhelming response across the world and now with its World Digital Premiere on India’s largest homegrown video streaming platform - ZEE5, the film will reach more people and will continue to strike a chord in millions.

Vivek Agnihotri’s other critically acclaimed films, ‘The Tashkent Files’ which went on to win the prestigious National Award and ‘Buddha In A Traffic Jam’ are also available on ZEE5. With these films, ZEE5 continues to strengthen its slate, iterating its customer- first approach and its endeavour to be the platform of choice for the millions