|
Vivek
Agnihotri’s
latest
release
The
Kashmir
Files
is
smashing
all
records
at
the
box
office.
Despite
low-key
promotions
and
being
pitted
against
pan
India
star
Prabhas’
Radhe
Shyam,
the
Anupam
Kher-starrer
continues
to
draw
huge
crowd
of
people
to
the
theatre
halls.
The
Kashmir
Files
opened
to
positive
reviews
from
the
critics
and
minted
an
impressive
opening
collection
of
Rs
3.50
crore
on
Day
1.
With
a
strong
word
of
mouth,
the
Vivek
Agnihotri
directorial
picked
up
business
in
the
successive
days.
The
Kashmir
Files:
Did
Swara
Bhasker
Take
An
Indirect
Jibe
At
Director
Vivek
Agnihotri?
The
movie
collected
Rs
8.23
crore
on
Saturday,
Rs
15.10
crore
on
Sunday
and
Rs
15.05
crore
on
Monday
taking
the
total
four-day
collection
to
Rs
42.20
crore.
Speaking
about
its
performance
at
the
box
office
on
Day
5,
the
movie
minted
Rs
18
crore.
The
total
box
office
collection
now
stands
at
Rs
60.10
crore.
Trade
analyst
Taran
Adarsh
tweeted,
“#TheKashmirFiles
is
a
TSUNAMI
at
the
#BO…
FANTASTIC
TRENDING,
as
footfalls,
occupancy,
numbers
continue
to
soar…
Day
5
higher
than
*all*
previous
days…
BLOCKBUSTER…
Fri
3.55
cr,
Sat
8.50
cr,
Sun
15.10
cr,
Mon
15.05
cr,
Tue
18
cr.
Total:
₹
60.20
cr.
#India
biz.”
Recently,
in
an
interview
with
India
Today,
when
Vivek
Agnihotri
said,
“This
film
is
about
humanity
and
education.
Give
it
due
respect
if
you
want
to
change
India
and
don’t
get
involved
in
the
number
game.
They
(the
persecuted
people)
are
not
statistics.
They
are
human
beings.
Nobody
asked
Steven
Spielberg
(the
director
of
Schindler’s
List)
for
data
on
the
holocaust
and
accepted
that
the
Holocaust
is
the
most
inhuman
and
the
most
barbaric
thing
to
have
happened
ever.”
The
Kashmir
Files:
Anupam
Kher
&
Vivek
Agnihotri
Get
Emotional
Remembering
Their
Homeland
He
further
added,
“If
your
parents
were
killed,
you
would
not
have
cared
if
4,000
people
were
killed
or
400.
If
your
brother
was
killed
or
your
sister
was
raped,
you
would
never
ever,
in
your
life,
ask
whether
there
are
diverse
views.”
Meanwhile,
The
Kashmir
Files
has
received
appreciation
and
support
from
many
Bollywood
celebrities
like
Akshay
Kumar,
Yami
Gautam,
Aditya
Dhar,
Paresh
Rawal,
Riteish
Deshmukh,
Kangana
Ranaut,
Suniel
Shetty,
amongst
others.
The
film
based
on
the
brutal
sufferings
endured
by
Kashmiri
Pandits
in
1990,
during
the
Kashmir
insurgency,
features
Anupam
Kher,
Mithun
Chakraborty,
Darshan
Kumaar,
Pallavi
Joshi,
Chinmay
Mandlekar
and
Bhasha
Sumbli.