Kashmir Files Director Vivek Agnihotri gets Y-Security
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, the director of The Kashmir Files has been granted Y-category security by the Indian government.
Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, the director of The Kashmir Files, has been granted Y-category security. The CRPF will give him security and will accompany the director across India. Under the Y-category security, Agnihotri will be provided with eight officers, which is likely to have two commandos and police personnel. Agnihotri has been in the news since the release of his directorial ‘The Kashmir Files,’ which is based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley during the 1990s. The Kashmir Files is being talked about across the country for its hard-hitting storyline and bringing the tragedy of Kashmiri Pandits to the forefront. Before the film’s release, Vivek Agnihotri had also deactivated his Twitter account after receiving “ugly threats" in connection with The Kashmir Files. The filmmaker also spoke about the mental stress caused to him by such threats.
In an interview with us, The Kashmir Files producer and actor Pallavi Joshi, who is married to Agnihotri, also revealed that a Fatwah was issued against them on the last day of the film’s shooting in Kashmir. The film also got Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nod, who in a speech called out an “entire ecosystem” which is trying to sabotage and discredit a film that is telling the “truth”. Earlier, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut was given Y-plus category security by the MHA after she had compared Mumbai to Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
